ArticleAnnals of epidemiology2016
Self-reported herpes zoster, pain, and health care seeking in the Health and Retirement Study: implications for interpretation of health care-based studies.
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- Health-seeking behaviors and determinants among herpes zoster patients in South Wollo public hospitals, Ethiopia, 2022.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Herpes Zoster and Risk of Incident Parkinson's Disease in US Veterans: A Matched Cohort Study.Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society · 2024Article
- Herpes zoster vaccine effectiveness against herpes zoster and postherpetic neuralgia in New Zealand: a retrospective cohort study.The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific · 2023Article
- Prevention of Herpes Zoster: A Focus on the Effectiveness and Safety of Herpes Zoster Vaccines.Viruses · 2022Review
- Prevalence of and factors associated with herpes zoster in England: a cross-sectional analysis of the Health Survey for England.BMC infectious diseases · 2022Article
- No evidence that herpes zoster is associated with increased risk of dementia diagnosis.Annals of clinical and translational neurology · 2022Article
- Agricultural Pesticides and Shingles Risk in a Prospective Cohort of Licensed Pesticide Applicators.Environmental health perspectives · 2021Article
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- Ultraviolet Radiation Exposure and the Risk of Herpes Zoster in Three Prospective Cohort Studies.Mayo Clinic proceedings · 2020Article
- Risk of herpes zoster after exposure to varicella to explore the exogenous boosting hypothesis: self controlled case series study using UK electronic healthcare data.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2020Observational
- Differences in Estimates of Post-Herpetic Neuralgia Between Medical Chart Review and Self-Report.Journal of pain research · 2020Article
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Abstract
purposeTo describe self-reported herpes zoster (HZ) and explore factors that could impact interpretation of results from health care-based HZ studies.
methodsWe performed logistic regression using data from the 2008 Health and Retirement Study (HRS) to evaluate risk factors for having a history of HZ and experiencing severe HZ pain, and predictors for seeking health care for HZ.
resultsAmong 14,564 respondents aged ≥55 years, women were more likely than men to report a history of HZ (15.7% vs. 11.6%, P < .01). Blacks (6.4% vs. 14.7% in whites, P < .01) and respondents with less than a high school diploma (12.2% vs.14.2% in respondents with at least a high school diploma, P = .01) were less likely to report a history of HZ. Women, blacks, Hispanics, and those with less than a high school diploma were more likely to report severe HZ pain. Most (91.1%) respondents sought health care for HZ; Hispanics (64.2% vs. 92.1% in whites, P < .001) and those with recurrent HZ were less likely to seek health care for HZ, whereas those with severe pain were more likely (95.4% vs. 87.9% in those without severe pain, P < .01).
conclusionsHRS provides a new platform for studies of HZ, one which allowed us to uncover issues that warrant particular attention when interpreting results of health care-based studies.
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