A cross-sectional survey of work and income loss consideration among patients with herpes zoster when completing a quality of life questionnaire

Table 2 Patient-reported herpes zoster characteristics stratified by consideration of work/income loss

	Total^a (N = 772, 100%)			Considered = YES (N = 347, 44.9%)			Considered = NO (N = 425, 55.1%)			p-value
Herpes Zoster Severity	valid N	n	%	valid N	n	%	valid N	n	%
Very mild	769	108	14.04	345	31	8.99	424	77	18.16	< 0.001
Mild	769	156	20.29	345	47	13.62	424	109	25.71	< 0.001
Moderate	769	239	31.08	345	115	33.33	424	124	29.25	0.223
Severe	769	192	24.97	345	105	30.43	424	87	20.52	0.002
Extremely severe	769	74	9.62	345	47	13.62	424	27	6.37	< 0.001
Length of time pain lasted categories	valid N	n	%	valid N	n	%	valid N	n	%
Less than 1 month	770	383	49.74	347	154	44.38	423	229	54.14	0.007
1 to less than 3 months	770	215	27.92	347	101	29.11	423	114	26.95	0.507
3 months to less than 6 months	770	61	7.92	347	29	8.36	423	32	7.57	0.685
6 months to less than 12 months	770	42	5.45	347	21	6.05	423	21	4.96	0.509
12+ months	770	69	8.96	347	42	12.10	423	27	6.38	0.006
Location of pain^b
Face/Scalp/Neck/Eye/Ear	771	326	42.28	346	161	46.53	425	165	38.82	0.031
Shoulder/Upper Arm/Elbow/Forearm/Hand	771	106	13.75	346	43	12.43	425	63	14.82	0.337
Chest/Abdomen/Upper Back/Lower Back	771	387	50.19	346	169	48.84	425	218	51.29	0.499
Groin area/Buttocks	771	71	9.21	346	40	11.56	425	31	7.29	0.042
Thigh/Knee/Shin/Calf/Ankle/Foot	771	76	9.86	346	34	9.83	425	42	9.88	0.979
	n	mean	SD	n	mean	SD	n	mean	SD
Average level of pain	772	5.60	2.57	347	6.23	2.60	425	5.08	2.43	< 0.001
Worst level of pain	769	7.15	2.71	346	7.79	2.50	423	6.61	2.76	< 0.001

^aCategories based on responses to Q8. “Did you consider work/productivity loss when you answered the health questionnaire?”
^bSubjects can report more than one location

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