title: Prevalence of severe fatigue in primary care.
abstract: A postal survey of 1024 UK GP practices showed the prevalence of medically unexplained severe fatigue over three months in 5-19 year olds to be 62/100,000. Cases were predominantly adolescent girls and were more likely to come from practices in less deprived areas, which could reflect consulting behaviours.
authors.affiliation: Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, 50 Hallam Street, London W1W 6DE, UK. Linda.haines@rcpch.ac.uk
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Haines
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Saidi
authors.forename: R W I
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Cooke
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D017677:Age Distribution; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005221:Fatigue / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D015673:Fatigue Syndrome, Chronic / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011177:Postal Service; D015995:Prevalence; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology