Principal Investigator: Arthur Hartz, MD, University of Utah
Co PI: David Rakel, MD, University of Wisconsin

PI Department: Family Medicine Integrative Medicine Program

Project Study Title: Pilot Study of Alternative Treatments of Unexplained Chronic Fatigue

Summary of Study: The purpose of this study is to determine if some complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) practitioners have developed management approaches that are more helpful than usual care for some patients with unexplained chronic fatigue.

Objective: The objective of this study is to identify certain types of clinicians (or individual physicians) who appear to have identified effective treatments for patients with ICF, or to find that clinicians who report themselves to be effective are not.

Study Design: The research will use written questionnaires to survey patients with UCF and their physicians about symptoms, treatment, and related factors. Patients will complete 3 surveys: baseline, 3-month, and 6-month. Physicians will be asked to complete questionnaires on their participating patients upon study enrollment and six months later.

DFM Clinic(s): UW Integrative Medicine Clinic - Research Park

DFM Contact: Mary Beth Plane, PhD

Study Contact Person:

Charlene Luchterhand
IM Program Development Coordinator
262-0740
char.luchterhand@fammed.wisc.edu

Date of Approval: November 2008

Dates of Study: ongoing