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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0001-6002</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Acta Médica Costarricense]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Acta méd. costarric]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0001-6002</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Colegio de Médicos y Cirujanos de Costa Rica]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S0001-60022017000400146</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Measuring the burden of herpes zoster disease in Costa Rica]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
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<surname><![CDATA[Rampakakis]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Emmanouil]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Alpizar]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Carlos]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Karellis]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Angela]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aaf"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Sampalis]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[John S.]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Johnson]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Kelly]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Monsanto]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Homero A.]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Acosta]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Camilo J.]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,JSS Medical Research Inc  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ St-Laurent, QC]]></addr-line>
<country>Canada.</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital CIMA  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[San Rafael San José]]></addr-line>
<country>Costa Rica.</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,McGill University  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ Montreal, QC]]></addr-line>
<country>Canada</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af4">
<institution><![CDATA[,Merck Co. &amp; Inc Center for Observational and Real-World Evidence Vaccines, Kenilworth]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ NJ]]></addr-line>
<country>USA.</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af5">
<institution><![CDATA[,Latin America Health Outcomes Research  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ Carolina]]></addr-line>
<country>Puerto Rico.</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2017</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2017</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>59</volume>
<numero>4</numero>
<fpage>146</fpage>
<lpage>152</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0001-60022017000400146&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0001-60022017000400146&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0001-60022017000400146&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract  Background:  Herpes zoster is a distressing illness that significantly reduces patients&#8217; quality of life. However, Costa Rican data regarding the clinical burden of herpes zoster and associated health care resource utilization is limited. This study aimed to assess the zoster-associated burden evaluating pain, impact on quality of life and health care resource utilization in a Costa Rican sample.  Methods: Herpes zoster patients recruited in Costa Rica at a private geriatric practice were enrolled at various time points during a zoster episode and were actively followed over 6 months. Outcomes including zoster-associated pain, quality of life and health care resource utilization were assessed via patient self-reported questionnaires.  Results:  50 zoster patients were included [68.0% female, mean (SD) age = 69.5 (10.8) years]. Zoster-associated pain decreased over time while quality of life improved though without full base recovery. The highest health care resource utilization included doctor&#8217;s office (98.0%), emergency room (60.0%) and specialists (60.0%) visits. Sixteen (32.0%) patients were hospitalized [mean (SD)= 4.3 (4.1) days].  Conclusion:  Similar to other Latin American countries, high herpes zoster burden was observed in a private geriatric practice in Costa Rica, supporting the need for early intervention and preventive strategies, one of such could be the implementation of a HZ vaccination program.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen  Justificación:  El herpes zoster es una enfermedad estresante que reduce significativamente la calidad de vida de los pacientes. Sin embargo, datos relativos a la carga clínica de herpes zoster y la utilización de recursos de salud son limitados en Costa Rica. El objetivo de este estudio fue evaluar la carga asociada al herpes zoster evaluando dolor, impacto sobre la calidad de vida y utilización de recursos de salud en una muestra costarricense.  Métodos: Pacientes con herpes zoster fueron reclutados en una práctica geriátrica privada en diferentes etapas de un episodio de zoster y fueron activamente seguidos durante 6 meses. Se evaluaron los resultados en el paciente, incluyendo el dolor asociado a zoster, calidad de vida y utilización de recursos de salud mediante cuestionarios autoadministrados.  Resultados:  Se incluyeron 50 pacientes con herpes zoster [68,0% mujeres, media de edad (SD) = 69.5 (10.8) años]. El dolor asociado a zoster disminuyó con el tiempo mientras que calidad de vida mejoró, aunque sin plena recuperación comparado con la calidad de vida inicial. La utilización de recursos de salud más alta fue visitas al consultorio (98.0%), visitas a sala de urgencias (60.0%) y visitas a especialistas (60.0%). Dieciséis pacientes (32.0%) fueron hospitalizados [media (SD) = 4.3 (4.1) días].  Conclusión:  Similar a otros países de América Latina, se observó una alta carga de enfermedad debido a herpes zoster en una práctica privada geriátrica en Costa Rica, lo cual respalda la necesidad de la intervención temprana y uso de estrategias preventivas, una de las cuales podría ser la implementación de un programa de vacunación a herpes zoster.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Herpes zoster]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Cost of illness]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Pain]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Quality of life]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Health care resource utilization.]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Herpes zoster]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Costo de enfermedad]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Dolor]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Calidad de vida]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Utilización de los recursos de salud]]></kwd>
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