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Table 3 Referrals for clinical evaluation

From: A pilot registry of unexplained fatiguing illnesses and chronic fatigue syndrome

 

Complete

Nonresponse

Refusal

Ineligible

Total

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Provider-referred patients

58 (56)

4b (50)

4 (80)

12c (86)

78 (60)

Support group self-referrals

46a (44)

4d (50)

1 (20)

2e (14)

53 (40)

Total

104

8

5

14

131

  1. aOne patient signed an informed consent form agreeing to share data from the GA First Follow-up Study with the GA Registry.
  2. bNon-contact (n = 1); moved out of area (n = 1); unlocatable (n = 2).
  3. cIneligible baseline registry subject (n = 1); ineligible based on age (n = 2); duplicate -- referred by 2 providers (n = 1); duplicate - referred under two different names (married and unmarried) (n = 1); Bipolar disorder reported during CATI interview (n = 2); BMI > 40 (n = 3); Rheumatoid arthritis reported during CATI interview (n = 1); BMI > 40 and emphysema reported during CATI interview (n = 1).
  4. dAppointment canceled, had “too much going on” (n = 1), not feeling well enough to participate (n = 2); unlocatable (n = 1).
  5. eBMI > 40.