An Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) intervention for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS): A case series approach
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ACT-based interventions reduced fatigue in non-cancer patients with chronic fatigue syndrome in two studies, but one reported no association between acceptance and fatigue.
“There is one multiple single-case designed study (Roche, Dawson, Moghaddam, Abey, & Gresswell, 2017) and one intervention trial (Jacobsen, Kallestad, Landrø, Borchgrevink, & Stiles, 2017) assessing the effectiveness of an ACT-based intervention specifically to reduce fatigue in non-cancer patients with chronic fatigue syndrome. Even though in both studies patients had a large reduction in fatigue-”
From The relationship between acceptance, fatigue, and subjective cognitive impairment in hematologic cancer survivors (2019) · cites this paper as Roche, Dawson, Moghaddam, Abey, & Gresswell, 2017
Most studies on ACT for CF lack control groups or involve a small-sample size.
“However, most studies lack control groups [25-27] or involve a small-sample size [27].”
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- Authors
- Roche, L., Dawson, D. L., Moghaddam, N. G., Abey, A., & Gresswell, D. M.
- Affiliations
- University of Lincoln (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Dawson, David L.
- Venue
- Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2017-04
- Volume
- 6
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 178-186
- ISSN
- 2212-1447 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2604938590
- Cited by
- 20
- References
- 55
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 3
- FWCI
- 1.70
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- figshare.com
- Licence
- Locations
- Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science (publishedVersion)
- Lincoln Repository (University of Lincoln) (acceptedVersion)
- Figshare (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer survivorship and care
- Keywords
- acceptance and commitment therapy, chronic fatigue syndrome, self-help intervention, psychological flexibility, valued living, acceptance, personal values, physical activity, activity monitoring, case series
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