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| Korean J Med > Volume 100(2); 2025 > Article |
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FUNDING
This research was supported by a grant of the Korea Health Technology R&D Project through the Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI), funded by the National Institute of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Health, Republic of Korea (grant number, HD22C2045).
AUTHOR CONTRIBUTIONS
Conceptualization: JWS, EJK, JL, YBS, JYS.
Data curation: JWS, EJK, YBS, JYS.
Formal analysis: JWS, EJK, YBS, JYS.
Funding acquisition: JL.
Investigation: JWS, EJK, YBS, JYS.
Methodology: EJK, YBS, JYS.
Project administration: JWS, EJK, JL, YBS, JYS.
Resources: SEK, YK, TK, THK, SHL, EL, YJ, YHJ, YJC.
Software: EJK, YBS.
Supervision: YBS, JYS.
Validation: JWS, EJK.
Visualization: JWS, EJK, YBS, JYS.
Writing - original draft: JWS, SEK, YK, TK, THK, SHL, EL, YBS, YJ, YHJ, YJC.
Writing - review & editing: JWS, EJK, YBS, JYS.
| Symptoms | Throughout the past 6 months, how often have you had this symptom? For each symptom listed below, circle a number from 0 to 4 (frequency)a | Throughout the past 6 months, how much has this symptom bothered you? For each symptom listed below, circle a number from 0 to 4 (severity)b | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Dead, heavy feeling after starting to exercise | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 2. Next day soreness or fatigue after non-strenuous, everyday activities | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 3. Mentally tired after the slightest effort | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 4. Minimum exercise makes you physically tired | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 5. Physically drained or sick after mild activity | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 6. If you were to become exhausted after actively participating in ex- tracurricular activities, sports, or outings with friends, would you recover within an hour or two after the activity ended? | Yes | No | ||||||||
| 7. Do you experience a worsening of your fatigue/energy related illness after engaging in minimal physical effort? | Yes | No | ||||||||
| 8. Do you experience a worsening of your fatigue/energy related illness after engaging in mental effort? | Yes | No | ||||||||
| 9. If you feel worse after activities, how long does this last? | ≤ 1 hour | 2-3 hours | 4-10 hours | 11-13 hours | 14-23 hours | ≥ 24 hours | ||||
| 10. If you do not exercise, is it because exercise makes your symptoms worse? | Yes | No | ||||||||

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