Table 2 Outcome measures, predictors of outcome and instrumentation

Fatigue severity

Checklist Individual Strength (CIS subscale fatigue) [19]

X

X

X

X

Physical Functioning

Child Health Questionnaire (CHQ-CF87 subscale physical functioning) [20]

X

X

X

X

School presence

Last two weeks school presence expressed in attended hours/obliged hours * 100%[3]

X

X

X

X

Secondary outcome parameters

Self rated improvement

short questionnaire consisting of 3 items [3]

X

X

X

X

Possible patient's predictors of treatment outcome

Depression score

Child Depression Inventory (CDI) [21, 22]

X

Anxiety score

Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children, STAIC [23, 24]

X

Somatisation score

Children's Somatisation Inventory (CSI) [25, 26]

X

Physical activity

Actometer and Self-observation list daily functioning [27, 28]

X

X

X

Self-efficacy

Self Efficacy Scale-28[2]

X

Perceptions of parental rearing behaviours

EMBU-A [29]

X

Possible parental predictors of treatment outcome

Fatigue severity

Checklist Individual Strength (CIS subscale fatigue) [19]

X

Psychological distress

Symptom Checklist (SCL-90) [30, 31]

X

Focussing on bodily symptoms

subscale private body consciousness of the Body Consciousness Scale [32, 33]

X

Perceptions of rearing behaviours

EMBU-P [34]

X

Causal attributions

CAL [19]

X