TY - JOUR T1 - Illness duration, mood and symptom impact in adolescents with chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis? JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood JO - Arch Dis Child SP - 911 LP - 912 DO - 10.1136/archdischild-2018-316720 VL - 105 IS - 9 AU - Francesca K Neale AU - Deborah Christie AU - Dougal S Hargreaves AU - Terry Y Segal Y1 - 2020/09/01 UR - http://adc.bmj.com/content/105/9/911.abstract N2 - Chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) is a disabling condition that affects 0.4% to 2.4%1 of adolescents in the UK. Previous studies have reported high levels of anxiety, depression and worry among adolescents with CFS/ME.2 In adult studies, concerns have been raised about delays in accessing specialist CFS/ME services and the impact of delays on patients’ health and well-being.3 4 In this study, we aimed first to assess the prevalence of self-reported anxiety/depression, worry and degree of symptom impact among our patient population of adolescents with CFS/ME. We then investigated whether longer illness duration was associated with higher prevalence of self-reported anxiety/depression, worry and symptom impact at initial assessment.One hundred and nine adolescents, aged 10 to 18 years (median 15.9 years), with a diagnosis of CFS/ME based … ER -