The experience of living with chronic fatigue syndrome.
1. Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a condition that affects the total person, body, mind, and spirit. 2. CFS sufferers describe the experience as being in the illness, remembering life before the illness, and living with the symptoms. 3. Empathy and compassion are essential components of providing nursing care for clients with CFS.
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Department of Nursing Systems, Community and Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, School of Nursing, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond 23298-0567, USA.
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D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015673:Fatigue Syndrome, Chronic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000451:nursing / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D011788:Quality of Life; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires