ME/CFS Science @mecfsscience.org · 28/07/20263) This was a crossover trial so patients in the control group were actually waiting the receive the intervention - a problematic design that could introduce a lot of bias. The study was missing an active control group. 1120
ME/CFS Science @mecfsscience.org · 28/07/20264) Despite this there was no significant effect of the intervention on the outcomes used, namely: somatic symptom burden (SSS-8, primary outcome), and depressive (PHQ-9) and anxiety symptoms (GAD-7). 1130
ME/CFS Science @mecfsscience.org · 28/07/20265) The paper conlcudes: "No statistically significant efficacy of the immediate group intervention over the waiting control condition was observed, across primary and secondary outcomes." 1130