Distractability

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Increased distractability is a cognitive dysfunction symptom found in some patients with ME/CFS.[1][2]

Prevalence[edit | edit source]

Symptom recognition[edit | edit source]

IACFS/ME Primer for Clinical Practitioners (2014), decreased attention span is listed in the cognitive symptoms.[2]

Notable studies[edit | edit source]

  • 2011, Cognitive deficits in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome compared to those with major depressive disorder and healthy controls[1] - (Full text)

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References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Constant, E.L.; Adam, S.; Gillain, B.; Lambert, M.; Masquelier, E.; Seron, X. (May 1, 2011). "Cognitive deficits in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome compared to those with major depressive disorder and healthy controls". Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery. 113 (4): 295–302. doi:10.1016/j.clineuro.2010.12.002. ISSN 0303-8467.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 International Association for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome / Myalgic Encephalomyelitis; Friedberg, Fred; Bateman, Lucinda; Bested, Alison C; Davenport, Todd; Friedman, Kenneth J; Gurwitt, Alan R; Jason, Leonard A; Lapp, Charles W; Stevens, Staci R; Underhill, Rosemary A; Vallings, Rosamund (2014), Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Primer for Clinical Practitioners (PDF)
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