Cochrane, M. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1856-3293
Mitchell, E. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8686-8868
Hollingworth, W. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0840-6254
Crawley, E. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2521-0747
Trépel, D. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1421-2966
Article History
Accepted: 3 January 2021
First Online: 1 March 2021
Declarations
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: This research received no specific funding from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors. Dominic Trépel and Derek Pheby are members of UK EUROMENE, a network of researchers working on ME/CFS. The network received funding from the European Union to support network activities administered by the COST Association, Brussels, Belgium.
: William Hollingworth and Esther Crawley were co-authors on one of the studies included in the narrative synthesis. Madeleine Cochrane, Eileen Mitchell, William Hollingworth, Esther Crawley, and Dominic Trépel have no other conflicts of interest or competing interests.
: Ethics approval was not required for this study as the data were not collected from human subjects. The manuscript is a systematic review and therefore draws on secondary data sources.
: Not applicable.
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: Analytical data are available in the ESM.
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: Joint first co-authors, Madeleine Cochrane and Eileen Mitchell, carried out the search, screening, data extraction and critical appraisal procedures. Conceptualisation and design of the review was carried out by William Hollingworth and Dominic Trépel. All authors contributed to the narrative synthesis and preparation of the article for publication.
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