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. 2011 May;84(5):782-6.
doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.10-0646.

Quality of life in patients with neurocysticercosis in Mexico

Rachana Bhattarai  1 , Christine M Budke, Hélène Carabin, Jefferson V Proaño, Jose Flores-Rivera, Teresa Corona, Linda D Cowan, Renata Ivanek, Karen F Snowden, Ana Flisser
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Quality of life in patients with neurocysticercosis in Mexico

Rachana Bhattarai et al. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2011 May.

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.

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Neurocysticercosis (NCC)-related clinical manifestations of patients seeking treatment at the Instituto Nacional de Neurologia y Neurocirugia (INNN) or the Hospital de Especialidades of the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (HE-IMSS).
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Health scores from the SF-12 v2 health survey for neurocysticercosis (NCC) patients vs. their matched control group (overall population).
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