Assessment of the Health-Related Quality of Life in Neurocysticercosis Patients in Hot Spot Areas—China,2017–2018

作     者：Yingjun Qian Xinzhong Zang Huanzhang Li Zhaoyu Guo Changhai Zhou Menbao Qian Yingdan Chen Hongkun Liu Yuhua Liu Shizhu Li 

作者机构：National Institute of Parasitic DiseasesChinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention(Chinese Center for Tropical Diseases Research)NHC Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector BiologyWHO Collaborating Centre for Tropical DiseasesShanghaiChina Qilu HospitalCheeloo College of MedicineShandong UniversityQingdao CityShandong ProvinceChina Dandong City Center for Disease Control and PreventionDandong CityLiaoning ProvinceChina Dali Prefectural Institute of Research and Control on SchistosomiasisDali CityYunnan ProvinceChina 

出 版 物：《China CDC weekly》 (中国疾病预防控制中心周报（英文）)

年 卷 期：2022年第4卷第28期

页      面：618-621,I0005页

核心收录：

学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100201[医学-内科学(含：心血管病、血液病、呼吸系病、消化系病、内分泌与代谢病、肾病、风湿病、传染病)] 10[医学] 

基　　金：the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.32161143036) the Fifth Round of Three-Year Public Health Action Plan of Shanghai(No.GWV-10.1-XK13) the National Special Science and Technology Project for Major Infectious Diseases of China(Grant No.2016ZX10004222-004) 

主　　题：impaired cysticercosis epilepsy 

摘      要：Summary What is already known about this topic?Neurocysticercosis is the most severe form of infection caused by ingesting cysticerci,the larval cysts of the pork tapeworm,Taenia *** 50 million people worldwide have neurocysticercosis,which is the leading cause of acquired epilepsy in many endemic *** is added by this report?The health of neurocysticercosis patients can be seriously impaired,including through loss of mobility,inability to do self-care,impairment of usual activities,pain/discomfort,anxiety/depression,and impaired *** impairment is the major consequence of neurocysticercosis and significant contributor to decreased health-related quality of *** study made the first estimate of disability weight from neurocysticercosis as a key parameter for disease burden assessment in *** are the implications for public health practice?To prevent severe health outcomes from neurocysticercosis in China,it is necessary to improve public awareness of neurocysticercosis and relevant health behaviors.