Jagadesh, Soushieta, Sevalie, Stephen, Fatoma, Richard, Sesay, Foday, Sahr, Foday, Faragher, Brian, Semple, Malcolm G, Fletcher, Tom, Weigel, Ralf ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9034-2634 and Scott, Janet T (2018) 'Disability among Ebola survivors and their close contacts in Sierra Leone: a retrospective case-controlled cohort study'. Clinical Infectious Diseases, Vol 66, Issue 1, pp. 131-133.
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Abstract
Ebola survivors [21/27 (77.8%)] suffer more disability than their close contacts [6/54 (11.1%), (aOR 23.52; 95%CI 6.46-85.67; p<0.001)] when measured by Washington Group-Disability Extended Questionnaire. Major limitations in vision, mobility, cognition, and affect were observed in survivors one year following the 2014-6 Ebola outbreak, highlighting the need for long-term rehabilitation.
Item Type: | Article |
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Subjects: | WA Public Health > WA 30 Socioeconomic factors in public health (General) WB Practice of Medicine > Therapeutics > WB 325 Aftercare WC Communicable Diseases > WC 20 Research (General) WC Communicable Diseases > Virus Diseases > Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers. Other Virus Diseases > WC 534 Viral hemorrhagic fevers WL Nervous System > WL 20 Research (General) |
Faculty: Department: | Clinical Sciences & International Health > Clinical Sciences Department |
Digital Object Identifer (DOI): | https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/cix705 |
Depositing User: | Stacy Murtagh |
Date Deposited: | 27 Oct 2017 13:10 |
Last Modified: | 21 Nov 2019 12:16 |
URI: | https://archive.lstmed.ac.uk/id/eprint/7649 |
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