Disability Among Ebola Survivors and Their Close Contacts in Sierra Leone: A Retrospective Case-Controlled Cohort Study

Ebola survivors (21/27 [77.8%]) suffered more disability than their close contacts (6/54 [11.1%]) (adjusted odds ratio, 23.5 [95% confidence interval, 6.5–85.7]; P < .001) when measured by the Washington Group Disability Extended Questionnaire. Major limitations in vision, mobility, cognition, an...

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Autores principales: Jagadesh, Soushieta, Sevalie, Stephen, Fatoma, Richard, Sesay, Foday, Sahr, Foday, Faragher, Brian, Semple, Malcolm G, Fletcher, Tom E, Weigel, Ralf, Scott, Janet T
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Publicado: Oxford University Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5833946/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29020205
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/cix705
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author Jagadesh, Soushieta
Sevalie, Stephen
Fatoma, Richard
Sesay, Foday
Sahr, Foday
Faragher, Brian
Semple, Malcolm G
Fletcher, Tom E
Weigel, Ralf
Scott, Janet T
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Sevalie, Stephen
Fatoma, Richard
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Sahr, Foday
Faragher, Brian
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description Ebola survivors (21/27 [77.8%]) suffered more disability than their close contacts (6/54 [11.1%]) (adjusted odds ratio, 23.5 [95% confidence interval, 6.5–85.7]; P < .001) when measured by the Washington Group Disability Extended Questionnaire. Major limitations in vision, mobility, cognition, and affect were observed in survivors 1 year following the 2014–2016 Ebola outbreak, highlighting the need for long-term rehabilitation.
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spelling pubmed-58339462018-03-02 Disability Among Ebola Survivors and Their Close Contacts in Sierra Leone: A Retrospective Case-Controlled Cohort Study Jagadesh, Soushieta Sevalie, Stephen Fatoma, Richard Sesay, Foday Sahr, Foday Faragher, Brian Semple, Malcolm G Fletcher, Tom E Weigel, Ralf Scott, Janet T Clin Infect Dis Brief Reports Ebola survivors (21/27 [77.8%]) suffered more disability than their close contacts (6/54 [11.1%]) (adjusted odds ratio, 23.5 [95% confidence interval, 6.5–85.7]; P < .001) when measured by the Washington Group Disability Extended Questionnaire. Major limitations in vision, mobility, cognition, and affect were observed in survivors 1 year following the 2014–2016 Ebola outbreak, highlighting the need for long-term rehabilitation. Oxford University Press 2018-01-01 2017-08-20 /pmc/articles/PMC5833946/ /pubmed/29020205 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/cix705 Text en © The Author(s) 2017. Published by Oxford University Press for the Infectious Diseases Society of America. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Jagadesh, Soushieta
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Fletcher, Tom E
Weigel, Ralf
Scott, Janet T
Disability Among Ebola Survivors and Their Close Contacts in Sierra Leone: A Retrospective Case-Controlled Cohort Study
title Disability Among Ebola Survivors and Their Close Contacts in Sierra Leone: A Retrospective Case-Controlled Cohort Study
title_full Disability Among Ebola Survivors and Their Close Contacts in Sierra Leone: A Retrospective Case-Controlled Cohort Study
title_fullStr Disability Among Ebola Survivors and Their Close Contacts in Sierra Leone: A Retrospective Case-Controlled Cohort Study
title_full_unstemmed Disability Among Ebola Survivors and Their Close Contacts in Sierra Leone: A Retrospective Case-Controlled Cohort Study
title_short Disability Among Ebola Survivors and Their Close Contacts in Sierra Leone: A Retrospective Case-Controlled Cohort Study
title_sort disability among ebola survivors and their close contacts in sierra leone: a retrospective case-controlled cohort study
topic Brief Reports
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5833946/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29020205
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/cix705
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