Association between work time loss and quality of life in patients with Herpes Zoster: a pooled analysis of the MASTER studies
| Autor: | Hee Jin Cheong, Kosuke Kawai, Camilo J. Acosta, Melissa Stutz, Homero Monsanto, John S. Sampalis, Tsen-Fang Tsai, M Cashat-Cruz, A Ortiz-Covarrubias, Emmanouil Rampakakis, Jittima Dhitavat, Kelly D Johnson |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Gerontology
Male Work Efficiency Cohort Studies Disability Evaluation 0302 clinical medicine Quality of life Work Schedule Tolerance Observational study Absenteeism Prospective Studies 030212 general & internal medicine education.field_of_study Health Policy 030503 health policy & services General Medicine Middle Aged Pooled analysis Female 0305 other medical science Cohort study Adult medicine.medical_specialty Asia Population Pain Herpes Zoster Statistics Nonparametric Work time 03 medical and health sciences Quality of life (healthcare) medicine Humans In patient Brief Pain Inventory Association (psychology) education Aged business.industry Research Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Repeated measures design Latin America North America Presenteeism Physical therapy business |
| Zdroj: | Health and Quality of Life Outcomes |
| ISSN: | 1477-7525 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s12955-017-0588-x |
| Popis: | Background Herpes zoster (HZ) has a significant negative effect on the productive work life of individuals, and has been shown to be responsible for cases of absenteeism, presenteeism and decreased work effectiveness. The aim of this study was to evaluate health utility scores and associated predictors in an actively employed population of Herpes Zoster (HZ) patients with and without work time loss (WTL). Methods This was a pooled analysis of the prospective, observational MASTER cohort studies, conducted in 8 countries across North America, Latin America and Asia. A total of 428 HZ patients engaged in full or part time work were included. WTL, defined as missing ≥ 1 partial or full work day, and work effectiveness, reported on a scale of 0–100%, were evaluated with the Work and Productivity Questionnaire (WPQ). The Pearson product–moment correlation was used to assess the correlation between work effectiveness and HRQoL. Mixed models with repeated measures assessed the relationship between HZ-related WTL over a 6-month follow-up period, and HRQoL, as evaluated by the EQ-5D. Additional predictors of HRQoL were also identified. Results Overall, 57.7% of respondents reported WTL. Mean (SD) percent work effectiveness of patients in the WTL group was significantly lower compared to non-WTL (NWTL) patients at baseline [50.3 (31.6) vs. 71.4 (27.8); p |
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