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| Title: | Quality of Life in Patients with Neurocysticercosis in Mexico |
| Authors: | Bhattarai, Rachana
BudkeChristine M.
Carabin, Helene
Proano, Jefferson V.
Flores-Rivera, Jose
Corona, Teresa
Cowan, Linda D.
Ivanek, Renata
Snowden, Karen F.
Flisser, Ana |
| Issue Date: | 2011 |
| Publisher: | American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene |
| Citation: | Bhattarai, R.; Budke, C.; Carabin, Helene, P.; Jefferson V.; Flores-Rivera, J.; Corona, T.; Cowan, L.; Ivanek, R.; Snowden, K.; Flisser, A (2011). Quality of Life in Patients with Neurocysticercosis in Mexico. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene , 84(5), 782-786. |
| Abstract: | The objective of this study was to compare quality of life measures in patients with neurocysticercosis (NCC) to those of a matched control group. The NCC outpatients and their controls were recruited from two neurology referral hospitals in Mexico City, Mexico during 2007-2008. The quality of life of 224 NCC patients was compared with 224 age-sex-hospital-day matched controls using the short form 12 v2 (SF-12 v2) quality of life survey. Medical chart reviews were also conducted for the NCC outpatients to evaluate presenting clinical manifestations. Compared with the controls, NCC patients had a significantly lower score for each of the eight domains of health evaluated and significantly lower Physical and Mental Component Summary scores. Chart reviews indicated that hydrocephalus (48%), severe headaches (47%), and epilepsy (31%) were the most common clinical manifestations in these NCC outpatients. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11154/99987
10.4269/ajtmh.2011.10-0646
http://hdl.handle.net/11154/174525 |
| ISSN: | 0002-9637 |
| Appears in Collections: | Artículos sobre cisticercosis y T. solium publicados por investigadores mexicanos
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