Data taken from 2008 MEA survey of 4,217 people (<5% were children and young people).
| Answer options | GET | CBT | LP |
| Response count | 906 | 997 | 101 |
| Greatly improved (%) | 3.4 | 2.8 | 25.7 |
| Improved (%) | 18.7 | 23.1 | 18.8 |
| No change (%) | 21.4 | 54.6 | 34.7 |
| Slightly worse (%) | 23.4 | 11.6 | 7.9 |
| Much worse (%) | 33.1 | 7.9 | 12.9 |
GET = Graded Exercise Therapy
CBT = Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
LP = Lightning Process
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Data taken from Action for ME (AfME) and Association of Young People with ME (AYME) joint report ‘ME 2008: What Progress’ survey of 2,763 people (7% were children and young people).
| Intervention | Helpful (%) | No change (%) | Made worse (%) |
| GET | 45 | 21 | 34 |
| CBT | 50 | 38 | 12 |
| Lightning Process | 53 | 31 | 16 |
GET = Graded Exercise Therapy; **CBT = Cognitive Behavioural Therapy;
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Also reported in a Parliamentary enquiry. Read the report at: tinyurl.com/ct4ktwj