Table 1.
Demographics, Psychiatric Characteristics, and Onset Issues (N=113)
| CFS (n=74) n (%) |
ME-ICC (n=39) n (%) |
Sig. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | .82 | ||
| Male | 12 (16.2) | 7 (17.9) | |
| Female | 62 (83.8) | 32 (82.1) | |
| Average Age | M (SD) | M (SD) | .81 |
| 44.1 (12.7) | 43.5 (9.6) | ||
| Ethnicity | .10 | ||
| Caucasian | 63 (85.1) | 36 (92.3) | |
| African-American | 2 (2.7) | 3 (7.7) | |
| Latino | 5 (6.8) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Asian-American | 4 (5.4) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Marital Status | |||
| Married/Living together | 37 (50.7) | 19 (48.7) | .18 |
| Single | 20 (27.4) | 16 (41.0) | |
| Divorced/Separated | 16 (21.9) | 4 (10.3) | |
| Work Status | .72 | ||
| Working full-time | 16 (22.2) | 5 (13.2) | |
| Working part-time | 17 (23.6) | 10 (26.3) | |
| On disability | 16 (22.2) | 10 (26.3) | |
| Unemployed | 23 (31.9) | 13 (34.2) | |
| Educational Level | .67 | ||
| Graduate/Professional degree | 17 (23.0) | 8 (20.5) | |
| Standard college degree | 35 (47.3) | 19 (48.7) | |
| Partial college | 14 (18.9) | 10 (25.6) | |
| High school degree or less | 8 (10.8) | 2 (5.1) | |
| Current psychiatric diagnosis | <.001 | ||
| Yes | 20 (27.0) | 24 (61.5) | |
| No | 54 (73.0) | 15 (38.5) | |
| Mode of illness onset | .05 | ||
| Sudden(less than 1 month) | 19 (26.0) | 16 (44.4) | |
| Gradual | 54 (74.0) | 20 (55.6) | |
| Virus caused illness | .51 | ||
| Agree | 23 (34.3) | 9 (23.7) | |
| Neutral | 26 (38.8) | 18 (47.4) | |
| Disagree | 18 (26.9) | 11 (28.9) | |
| Cause of fatigue | .17 | ||
| Definitely Physical | 30 (42.3) | 12 (30.8) | |
| Mainly Physical | 14 (19.7) | 15 (38.5) | |
| Equally Physical and Psychological | 26 (36.6) | 12 (30.8) | |
| Mainly Psychological | 1 (1.4) | 0 (0.0) | |