Table 7.
Diagnostic requirements.
| Proposition | True or False? | Number of Respondents | Correct Answer Selected? | 95% Confidence Interval | |
| Number | % Total | ||||
| The diagnosis of ME requires: | |||||
| • Fatigue lasting at least 6 months | False | 44 | 3 | 6.8 | 2.4–18.2 |
| • Psychiatric symptoms (i) | False | 44 | 30 | 68.2 | 53.4–80.9 |
| • Post Exertional Malaise (PEM) | True | 44 | 27 | 61.4 | 46.6–74.3 |
| • Symptoms from multiple systems | True | 44 | 31 | 70.5 | 55.8–81.8 |
| • Signs of anxiety or depression (ii) | False | 44 | 26 | 59.1 | 44.4–72.3 |
| • Physical signs | False | 44 | 28 | 63.6 | 48.9–76.2 |
| Combination | Number of Respondents | This Combination Selected? | 95% Confidence Interval | ||
| Number | % Total | ||||
| Don’t know (i.e., no feature selected) | 44 | 3 | 6.8 | 2.4–18.2 | |
| Any psychiatric feature-(i) or (ii) selected | 44 | 17 | 38.6 | 25.7–53.4 | |
| Correct combination (PEM, symptoms from multiple systems, no psychiatric features) | 44 | 6 | 13.6 | 6.4–26.7 | |