Willingness to pay, quality of life, and knowledge on herpes zoster among thai patients prior zoster vaccine era.
This study was designed to assess willingness to pay, quality of life, and
the patients’ knowledge on herpes zoster disease. All of the patients were asked
to complete questionnaires about the willingness to pay for zoster treatment using
the Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) questionnaires in Thai version and
basic knowledge about herpes zoster. The demographic and clinical data were all
recorded. Eighty-two from one hundred and eighteen patients in this study were
female (69.5%), and the mean (SD) age was 57.6 (14.9) years. The median of their
willingness to pay for zoster treatment was THB500 (range of THB50-10,000) or
only 4.2% of median income per month. The mean of total DLQI score (SD) was
10.7 (6.2), which indicated moderate to severe impact on quality of life. From
multiple linear regression analysis, three factors were related to inferior patients’
quality of life including facial involvement (regression coefficients, b=4.789,
p=0.001), presence of zoster complications (b=5.018, p=0.001) and advanced pain
score (b=0.883, p<0.001). Moreover, more than half of them still had mistaken
knowledge about the disease.
PMID: 29634184 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health - Category: Tropical Medicine Tags: Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health Source Type: research