A cross-sectional survey of work and income loss consideration among patients with herpes zoster when completing a quality of life questionnaire
| Autor: | Camilo J. Acosta, Kelly D Johnson, Chrisann Newransky, Seth Sheffler-Collins, Angela V. Belland, Susan K. Brenneman, Laura K. Becker |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Quality of life Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Cross-sectional study Health Status Herpes zoster Efficiency Odds 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Cost of Illness Surveys and Questionnaires Absenteeism Humans Medicine Income loss 030212 general & internal medicine Productivity Work loss business.industry lcsh:Public aspects of medicine 030503 health policy & services Health Policy Patient Acuity lcsh:RA1-1270 Odds ratio Middle Aged Presenteeism medicine.disease United States Confidence interval Cross-Sectional Studies Income Female 0305 other medical science business Research Article Shingles |
| Zdroj: | BMC Health Services Research, Vol 18, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2018) BMC Health Services Research |
| ISSN: | 1472-6963 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s12913-018-3451-9 |
| Popis: | Background Prior research suggests that many patients do not spontaneously include work/income loss when responding to utility assessments, although this remains unconfirmed in the US due to almost no published US-based studies to date, and has not been previously studied among patients with herpes zoster (HZ). The objective of this study was to examine whether patients with HZ consider work and income loss when completing a quality of life survey. Methods A cross-sectional survey was administered to 2000 US adult commercial health plan enrollees aged 50–64 years with ≥ 1 HZ medical claim during 2014. The survey collected information related to health status (EQ-5D), work productivity, and HZ severity and clinical features. Results Mean respondent age was 58.4 years [standard deviation (SD) 4.1] and 62.0% were female. About 3 in 4 (76.8%) patients (N = 772) were employed either full (69.9%) or part time (6.9%). Less than half (45%) spontaneously considered work/income loss when responding to EQ-5D, and mean EQ-5D scores for patients who considered work/income loss were lower than for patients who did not [0.56 (SD = 0.28) vs. 0.69 (SD = 0.24); p |
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