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==Statistics== *54% of ME/CFS patients reported being unemployed<ref name="Beyond">{{Cite web | url = https://www.nap.edu/read/19012/chapter/13#260 | title = Beyond Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Redefining an Illness|website=National Academies of Science|access-date=2019-02-20 | date = 2015 | last = | first = | authorlink = | archive-url = | archive-date = |url-status = | page=| publisher = }}</ref>{{Rp|260-261}} *25% of ME/CFS patients are housebound or bedbound at some point in their illness<ref name="KeyFacts">{{Cite web | url = https://www.nap.edu/resource/19012/MECFS_KeyFacts.pdf | title=Myalgic Encelphalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) Key Facts | last = | first = | authorlink = | date = 2015 | website = National Academies of Science| archive-url = | archive-date = |url-status = | access-date=}}</ref> *A number of studies and patient surveys have found patients with ME/CFS to have, on average, a lower quality of life, to be more severely disabled, and to have more comorbid chronic illnesses than patients with any of the other chronic illnesses used for comparison. (Neurological Alliance, 2019<ref name="neuropatience">{{Citation | last = The Neurological Alliance | first = | title = Neuro Patience. Still waiting for improvements in treatment and care. | date = 2019 | url=https://www.neural.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/neuro-patience-2019-1.pdf | edition=|isbn=|access-date=Sep 27, 2021 | authorlink = Neurological Alliance}}</ref>; Hvidberg et al. 2015<ref name=Hvidberg2015>{{cite journal | last1 = Hvidberg | first1 = Michael Falk | author-link1 = Michael Falk Hvidberg | last2 = Brinth | first2 = Louise Schouborg | authorlink2 = Louise Schouborg Brinth | last3 = Olesen | first3 = Anne V | authorlink3 = Anne V Oleson | last4 = Petersen | first4 = Karin D | authorlink4 = Karin Peterson | last5 = Ehlers | first5 = Lars | author-link5 = Lars Ehlers | title = The Health-Related Quality of Life for Patients with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) | journal = PLoS One|volume=10 |issue =7 | page=e0132421 | date = Jul 6, 2015 | doi = 10.1371/journal.pone.0132421 | url = http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0132421 }}</ref>; Nacul et al. 2011<ref name="Nacul2011">{{Cite journal | last = Nacul | first = Luis C | authorlink = Luis Nacul | last2 = Lacerda | first2 = Eliana M | authorlink2 = Eliana Lacerda | last3 = Campion | first3 = Peter | authorlink3 = | last4 = Pheby | first4 = Derek | authorlink4 = Derek Pheby | last5 = Drachler | first5 = Maria de L | author-link5 = Maria de L Drachler | last6 = Leite | first6 = JosΓ© C | author-link6 = | last7 = Poland | first7 = Fiona | author-link7 = | last8 = Howe | first8 = Amanda | author-link8 = | last9 = Fayyaz | first9 = Shagufta | author-link9 = | date = 2011-05-27 | title = The functional status and well being of people with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome and their carers |url =https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-11-402|journal=BMC Public Health|language=en|volume=11|issue=1 | pages = 402|doi=10.1186/1471-2458-11-402|issn=1471-2458|pmc=3123211|pmid=21619607|quote=|via=}}</ref>)
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