Burden of illness, quality of life, and healthcare utilization among patients with herpes zoster in South Korea: A prospective clinical-epidemiological study

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 23-30

  Song, Haejun ^a   Lee, Jeongdeuk ^b   Lee, Muhyung ^c   Choi, Won Suk ^d   Choi, Jung Hyun ^b   Lee, Mi Suk ^c   Hashemi, Mahdi ^e   Rampakakis, Emmanouil ^e,f   Kawai, Kosuke ^g   White, Ron ^h   Acosta, Camilo ^h   Sampalis, John S ^e,f   Cheong, Hee Jin ^a  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^c Kyung Hee University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Korea University   (South Korea)

^e JSS Medical Research   (Canada)

^f MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Burden of illness; Herpes zoster; Observational; Pain; Quality of life; South Korea

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; TOPICAL AGENT; ACICLOVIR; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; FAMCICLOVIR; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; VALACICLOVIR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; HZ SEVERITY OF ILLNESS SCORE; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICIAN; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SLEEP; SOUTH KOREA; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DERMATOME; EARLY INTERVENTION; FOLLOW UP; HERPES ZOSTER SEVERITY OF ILLNESS; IMMUNE STATUS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MORBIDITY; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN INTENSITY; PAIN SEVERITY; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX;

BURDEN OF ILLNESS; HERPES ZOSTER; OBSERVATIONAL; PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOUTH KOREA;

AGED; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; NEURALGIA, POSTHERPETIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84896724994     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2013.11.018     Document Type: Article

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