title: Quality of life in patients with neurocysticercosis in Mexico.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA. rdhungel@cvm.tamu.edu
authors.forename: Rachana
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bhattarai
authors.forename: Christine M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Budke
authors.forename: Hélène
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Carabin
authors.forename: Jefferson V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Proaño
authors.forename: Jose
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Flores-Rivera
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Corona
authors.forename: Linda D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Cowan
authors.forename: Renata
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ivanek
authors.forename: Karen F
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: Snowden
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Flisser
mesh_terms: D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D006801:Humans; D008800:Mexico; D020019:Neurocysticercosis / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology; D011788:Quality of Life