Key result
In female patients with chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis, reduced heart rate variability parameters were significantly associated with increased self-reported fatigue severity.
Why the study?
People with CFS/ME tend to have lower HRV, but few previous studies have evaluated its association with illness-related complaints, with most being inconclusive.
Do heart rate variability parameters correlate with self-reported fatigue severity in female patients with chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis?
Case-Control (n=70)
No
Do heart rate variability parameters correlate with self-reported fatigue severity in female patients with chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis?
p-value: p=<0.005
Authors
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No immediate change to CFS/ME care; hypothesis-generating for HRV as fatigue correlate needing prospective validation.
Escorihuela et al. (2020) conducted a case-control in Chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) (n=70). Chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) vs. Healthy controls was evaluated on Heart rate variability time- and frequency-domain parameters and their correlation with fatigue severity (p=<0.005). In female patients with chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis, reduced heart rate variability parameters were significantly associated with increased self-reported fatigue severity.
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