Impact of genital warts on health related quality of life in men and women in mainland China: a multicenter hospital-based cross-sectional study
| Autor: | Qing Xiao, Xinzheng Wang, Shu-Zhen Qi, Jia-Hua Liu, Li-Jun Sun, Jie Li, Xiao-Li Li, Hai-Yan Wu, Qing Li, Jufang Shi, Li Li, Dian-Ju Kang, Xiang-Xian Feng, Yan-Chun Liu, Ai-Di Xu, You-Lin Qiao, Yun Yang, Mayinuer Niyazi, Lian-kun Li, Ying Yang, Li-Qin Zhang |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Male Gerontology medicine.medical_specialty China Cross-sectional study Visual analogue scale analysis Population Pain Anxiety Genital warts methods Interviews as Topic Age Distribution Quality of life Residence Characteristics Surveys and Questionnaires Epidemiology medicine Health Status Indicators Humans Women Mobility Limitation Sex Distribution education Pain Measurement education.field_of_study Depression business.industry lcsh:Public aspects of medicine Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health lcsh:RA1-1270 medicine.disease Cross-Sectional Studies Condylomata Acuminata Quality of Life Population study Female Biostatistics business Research Article Demography |
| Zdroj: | BMC Public Health, Vol 12, Iss 1, p 153 (2012) BMC Public Health |
| ISSN: | 1471-2458 |
| Popis: | Background Information on the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of patients with genital warts (GW) in populations in mainland China is still limited. The aim of the study was to use a generic instrument to measure the impact of genital warts on HRQoL in men and women in this setting. Methods A multi-centre hospital-based cross-sectional study across 18 centers in China was conducted to interview patients using the European quality of life-5 dimension (EQ-5D) instrument; respondents' demographic and clinical data were also collected. Results A total of 1,358 GW patients (612 men, 746 women) were included in the analysis, with a mean age of 32.0 ± 10.6 years. 56.4% of the patients reported some problems in the dimension of Anxiety/Depression (highest), followed by Pain/Discomfort (24.7%) and Mobility (3.5%). The overall visual analogue scale (VAS) score of the study population was found to be 65.2 ± 22.0, and the EQ-5D index score was found to be 0.843 ± 0.129 using Japanese preference weights (the Chinese preference was unavailable yet). Patients with lower VAS means and EQ-5D index scores were more often female, living in urban area, and suffering multiple GW (all p values < 0.05), but the values did not differ notably by age (p values > 0.05). Conclusions The HRQoL of patients with GW was substantially lower, compared to a national representative general population in China (VAS = ~80); the findings of different subgroups are informative for future GW prevention and control efforts. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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