[Relationship between chronic fatigue syndrome and type A behaviour].
OBJECTIVE
To quantify the relationship between Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) and Type A Behaviour Pattern (TABP) PATIENTS AND METHOD: The Jenkins Activity Survey (JAS) was administered to 82 patients diagnosed with CFS to determine the prevalence of TABP. Subjects' mean z scores on the JAS were compared with those from the general population (healthy controls) and from patients with ischemic cardiopathy (pathologic controls).


RESULTS
CFS patients' mean score on the JAS was 5 points higher than that of the general population (healthy controls) and 2 points higher than that of patients with ischemic cardiopathy.


CONCLUSIONS
TABP appears to be related with CFS and should be taken into account in the treatment of these patients.
Godás Sieso
Teresa
T
Instituto de Neurociencias, Servicio de Psicología, Unidad de fatiga crónica, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, España.
Gómez Gil
Esther
E
Salamero Baró
Manel
M
Fernandez-Huerta
Jose Manuel
JM
Fernandez-Solá
Joaquim
J
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001519:Behavior; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D015673:Fatigue Syndrome, Chronic / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014434:Type A Personality; D055815:Young Adult