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. 2002 Sep 15;201(1-2):13-17.
doi: 10.1016/s0022-510x(02)00158-2.

Long-term impact on work and private life after Guillain-Barré syndrome

Robert A J A M Bernsen  1 , Aeiko E J de Jager, Paul I M Schmitz, Frans G A van der Meché
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Long-term impact on work and private life after Guillain-Barré syndrome

Robert A J A M Bernsen et al. J Neurol Sci. .

Abstract

Objective: To determine the long-term impact of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) on work and private life of patients and their partners.

Methods: Three to six years after the onset of GBS 150 patients who participated in the Dutch Guillain-Barré trial received a questionnaire specifically drafted for this study to survey their present psychosocial status. Furthermore, their present physical status was established.

Results: A total of 122 patients participated. Thirty-one percent showed moderate to serious physical residua after a functional assessment. Due to GBS, 38% of the patients who held a job had to change it, 44% altered their leisure activities, 37% of the patients did not function as well at home as before GBS and 39% reported a change in their partners' lives. Almost half of the patients still had negative comments on their present psychosocial situation.

Conclusion: GBS has a serious long-term impact on the patients' work and private life and that of their partners.

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