Volume 26, Number 4—April 2020
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Health-Related Quality of Life after Dengue Fever, Morelos, Mexico, 2016–2017
Table 1
EQ-5D-3L dimension | No. (%) patients, N = 79 |
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Before fever, n = 77 | 1–6 d, n = 79 | 7–15 d, n = 71 | 16−30 d, n = 74 | |
Mobility | 1 (1.3) | 63 (79.7) | 57 (80.3) | 59 (79.7) |
Self-care | 0 | 43 (54.4) | 39 (54.9) | 42 (56.8) |
Usual activities | 2 (2.5) | 69 (87.3) | 65 (91.5) | 65 (87.8) |
Pain/discomfort | 2 (2.5) | 73 (92.4) | 66 (93) | 63 (85.1) |
Anxiety/depression | 4 (5.1) | 27 (34.2) | 28 (39.4) | 30 (40.5) |
*Patients were >18 years of age. n values indicate number of patients responding to questionnaire during the indicated day range. Health-related quality of life was assessed by an adapted EQ-5D-3L questionnaire (Appendix Table 3) for reporting of problems after 1 month since fever onset (i.e., days 31–60, 61–120, 121–180).
1These authors contributed equally to this article.
2Current affiliation: German Doctors e.V., Bonn, Germany.
3Current affiliation: Centre for Fire Protection and Rescue Services–Hochsauerlandkreis District, Meschede, Germany.
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