A cross-sectional study to assess the long-term health status of patients with lower respiratory tract infections, including Q fever
(2014) Epidemiology and Infection — Vol. 143, n° 01, p. 48-54 (2014)
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van Loenhout, Joris 
- Abstract
- Patients with a lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) might be at risk for long-term impaired health status. We assessed whether LRTI patients without Q fever are equally at risk for developing long-term symptoms compared to LRTI patients with Q fever. The study was a cross-sectional cohort design. Long-term health status information of 50 Q fever-positive and 32 Q fever-negative LRTI patients was obtained. Health status was measured by the Nijmegen Clinical Screening Instrument. The most severely affected subdomains of the Q fever-positive group were 'general quality of life' (40%) and 'fatigue' (40%). The most severely affected subdomains of the Q fever-negative group were 'fatigue' (64%) and 'subjective pulmonary symptoms' (35%). Health status did not differ significantly between Q fever-positive LRTI patients and Q fever-negative LRTI patients for all subdomains, except for 'subjective pulmonary symptoms' (P = 0·048).
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Department of Primary and Community Care Radboud University Medical Centre
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van Dam, A. S. G., van Loenhout, J., Peters, J. B., Rietveld, A., Paget, W. J., Akkermans, R. P., Olde Loohuis, A., Hautvast, J. L. A., & van der Velden, J. (2014). A cross-sectional study to assess the long-term health status of patients with lower respiratory tract infections, including Q fever. Epidemiology and Infection, 143(01), 48-54. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0950268814000417 (Original work published 2014)