Sentence examples for severity and chronicity from inspiring English sources

According to criteria established in the USA [ 1] and Canada [ 2], chronic fatigue is severe fatigue that persists or relapses for at least 6 months, while chronic fatigue syndrome, which is distinguished from chronic fatigue by severity and chronicity [ 3], is defined as "medically unexplained" fatigue lasting for six or more months.

Moreover, combining, e.g., several mental diseases with a varying degree of severity and chronicity might lead to less nuanced findings for this group of patients.

Several loci that control the onset of arthritis, the severity and chronicity of the disease, and autoantibody production have been identified and been confirmed in congenic strains.

This may reflect differences in the degree of response to treatment according to severity and chronicity of underlying lung disease, with asthma generally being more responsive than other chronic lung diseases [ 17].

Optimal models to explain functional outcome and healthcare costs will need to address factors besides simply disease severity and chronicity.

We hypothesized that, considering its severity and chronicity, cluster headache could bring about anxiety or depression, but the degree of psychological symptoms might be different between active attack period and remission period.

Treatment involved oral NSAIDs, topical, and/or systemic corticosteroids depending on the severity, location, and chronicity of the inflammatory process, as well as the risk of visual loss and complications.

Surgical factors contribute to the genesis of pain: intraoperative nerve damage may contribute to the severity, character and chronicity of postoperative pain.

The older age of onset in LBP of elite juniors is interesting given the increased prevalence, severity, frequency and chronicity in their LBP.

In addition, the area under the curve, as a measure of severity, onset and chronicity, was significantly lower in pfp-/ mice than in mice carrying pfp (pfp-/-, 31.9 ± 23; pfp+/-, 44.6 ± 12.3).

The initial pilot study 25 took place in a single district Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, whereas the subsequent replication 26 and the current study used wider referral samples (in the current case from a catchment of approximately five million); referrals tended towards high baseline severity, complexity, and chronicity.