Emerging Infectious Diseases (Apr 2020)

Health-Related Quality of Life after Dengue Fever, Morelos, Mexico, 2016–2017

  • Annika Schulte,
  • Ingo Weber,
  • 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,
  • Jose Ramos-Castañeda

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2604.190729
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 26, no. 4
pp. 751 – 755

Abstract

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We adapted the EQ-5D-3L questionnaire and visual analog scale to assess health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and persistent symptoms in 79 patients with laboratory-confirmed dengue in Morelos, Mexico. The lowest HRQOLs were 0.53 and 38.1 (febrile phase). Patients recovered baseline HRQOL in ≈2 months.

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