Measuring the burden of herpes zoster disease in Costa Rica

dc.creatorRampakakis,Emmanouil
dc.creatorAlpizar,Carlos
dc.creatorKarellis,Angela
dc.creatorSampalis,John S.
dc.creatorJohnson,Kelly
dc.creatorMonsanto,Homero A.
dc.creatorAcosta,Camilo J.
dc.date2017-12-01
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-25T14:36:28Z
dc.date.available2023-09-25T14:36:28Z
dc.identifierhttp://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-60022017000400146
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/8823064
dc.descriptionAbstract Background: Herpes zoster is a distressing illness that significantly reduces patients’ quality of life. However, Costa Rican data regarding the clinical burden of herpes zoster and associated health care resource utilization is limited. This study aimed to assess the zoster-associated burden evaluating pain, impact on quality of life and health care resource utilization in a Costa Rican sample. Methods: Herpes zoster patients recruited in Costa Rica at a private geriatric practice were enrolled at various time points during a zoster episode and were actively followed over 6 months. Outcomes including zoster-associated pain, quality of life and health care resource utilization were assessed via patient self-reported questionnaires. Results: 50 zoster patients were included [68.0% female, mean (SD) age = 69.5 (10.8) years]. Zoster-associated pain decreased over time while quality of life improved though without full base recovery. The highest health care resource utilization included doctor’s office (98.0%), emergency room (60.0%) and specialists (60.0%) visits. Sixteen (32.0%) patients were hospitalized [mean (SD)= 4.3 (4.1) days]. Conclusion: Similar to other Latin American countries, high herpes zoster burden was observed in a private geriatric practice in Costa Rica, supporting the need for early intervention and preventive strategies, one of such could be the implementation of a HZ vaccination program.
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dc.languageen
dc.publisherColegio de Médicos y Cirujanos de Costa Rica
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.sourceActa Médica Costarricense v.59 n.4 2017
dc.subjectHerpes zoster
dc.subjectCost of illness
dc.subjectPain
dc.subjectQuality of life
dc.subjectHealth care resource utilization.
dc.subjectHerpes zoster
dc.subjectCosto de enfermedad
dc.subjectDolor
dc.subjectCalidad de vida
dc.subjectUtilización de los recursos de salud
dc.titleMeasuring the burden of herpes zoster disease in Costa Rica
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article


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