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Health-Related Quality of Life and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder among Survivors of an Outbreak of Legionnaires Disease

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العنوان: Health-Related Quality of Life and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder among Survivors of an Outbreak of Legionnaires Disease
المؤلفون: Lettinga, Kamilla D., Verbon, Annelies, Nieuwkerk, Pythia T., Jonkers, Rene E., Gersons, Berthold P. R., Prins, Jan M., Speelman, Peter
بيانات النشر: Oxford University Press
سنة النشر: 2002
المجموعة: HighWire Press (Stanford University)
مصطلحات موضوعية: Major Articles
الوصف: A follow-up study of 122 survivors of an outbreak of legionnaires disease (LD) in The Netherlands was conducted to determine persistence of symptoms, health-related quality of life (HRQL), and presence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Seventeen months after diagnosis of LD, survivors completed a questionnaire assessing symptoms and HRQL and a questionnaire assessing PTSD. The most prevalent new symptoms were fatigue (in 75% of patients), neurologic symptoms (in 66%), and neuromuscular symptoms (in 63%). HRQL was impaired in 7 of the 8 dimensions assessed by the HRQL questionnaire, and 15% of patients experienced PTSD. Symptoms and impaired HRQL persisted for µ1.5 years. As a result of the design of this study, it could not be inferred whether Legionella pneumophila infection, severe pneumonia in general, or the outbreak situation was responsible for impaired well-being. However, awareness of this problem by health care providers may improve the aftercare of patients.
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اللغة: English
Relation: http://cid.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/35/1/11; http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/340738
DOI: 10.1086/340738
الاتاحة: http://cid.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/35/1/11
https://doi.org/10.1086/340738
Rights: Copyright (C) 2002, Infectious Diseases Society of America
رقم الانضمام: edsbas.7AF46490
قاعدة البيانات: BASE
الوصف
DOI:10.1086/340738