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Energy Index Point Score
From MEpedia, a crowd-sourced encyclopedia of ME and CFS science and history
The Energy Index Point Score (EIPS)[1] is a symptom scale and functional capacity measurement tool for ME/CFS patients created by Martin Lerner.
| Score | ME/CFS Patient Functional ability |
|---|---|
| 0 | Bedridden, up to bathroom only |
| 1 | Out of bed 30 –60 minutes a day (sitting in chair is out of bed) |
| 2 | Out of bed sitting, standing, walking 1–2 hours per day |
| 3 | Out of bed sitting, standing, walking 2–4 hours per day |
| 4 | Out of bed sitting, standing, walking 4–6 hours per day |
| 5 | Perform with difficulty sedentary job 40 hours a week, daily naps |
| 6 | Daily naps in bed, may maintain a 40-hour sedentary work week plus light, limited housekeeping and/or social activities |
| 7 | No naps in bed. Up 7:00 am to 9:00 pm. Able to work a sedentary job plus light housekeeping |
| 8 | Full sedentary workweek, no naps, some social activities plus light exercise |
| 9 | Same as 8 above plus exercise approximately 1/2 to 2/3 normal without excessive fatigue, awakens next morning refreshed |
| 10 | Normal |
Evidence[edit | edit source]
See also[edit | edit source]
Notable studies[edit | edit source]
- 2008, Validation of the Energy Index Point Score to Serially Measure the Degree of Disability in Patients With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - (Full text)
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Lerner, A. Martin; Beqaj, Safedin; Fitzgerald, James T.; Gill, Ken; Gill, Carol; Edington, James (May 24, 2010). "Subset-directed antiviral treatment of 142 herpesvirus patients with chronic fatigue syndrome". Virus Adaptation and Treatment. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
