Health-Related Quality of Life after Dengue Fever, Morelos, Mexico, 2016–2017
Annika Schulte
12, Ingo Weber
13, Diana Carolina Tiga-Loza, Irma Y. Amaya Larios, Donald S. Shepard, Cynthia A. Tschampl, Eduardo A. Undurraga, Ruth A. Martínez-Vega, Florian Fischer, Lilia Chihu, and Jose Ramos-Castañeda
Author affiliations: Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany (A. Schulte, I. Weber, F. Fischer); Universidad Manuela Beltrán, Bucaramanga, Colombia (D.C. Tiga-Loza); National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, Mexico (I.Y. Amaya Larios, L. Chihu, J. Ramos-Castañeda); Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA (D.S. Shepard, C.A. Tschampl); Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile (E.A. Undurraga); Núcleo Milenio para el Estudio del Curso de Vida y la Vulnerabilidad, Santiago (E.A. Undurraga); Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga (R.A. Martinez-Vega); Universidad Anahuac, Huizquilican, Mexico (J. Ramos-Castañeda)
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Figure 1
Figure 1. Average self-reported health status, as measured by a 0–100 EQ-VAS, of patients with laboratory-confirmed dengue during the first week after onset of dengue symptoms (A) and from baseline to 121–180 days (B), Morelos, Mexico, 2016–2017. The EQ-VAS scale measures self-reported health, ranging from 0 (worst health status) to 100 (best health status). EQ-VAS is part of the EQ-5D-3L instrument for measuring health-related quality of life. EQ-VAS, visual analog scale. n values indicate number of patients responding to questionnaire during the indicated day range. Error bars indicate 95% CI.
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