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• TITLE: Quality of life of patients with brucellosis in an endemic area of Mexico

  AUTHORS: Guillermina García-Juárez, Efrén Ramírez-Bribiesca, Luz M. Hernández-Calva, José D. Vázquez-Vázquez, Alfonso Pérez-Sánchez, Christine M. Budke

  KEYWORDS: Brucellosis; Quality of Life

  JOURNAL NAME: Health, Vol.4 No.9, September 28, 2012

  ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was to evaluate quality of life of patients infected with brucellosis compared to a control population from the same geographic region. The quality of life of brucellosis positive and brucellosis negative individuals from rural and urban areas of Mexico was evaluated using the Short-Form SF-36 Health Survey. This survey is a generic measure of physical and mental health-related quality of life. Data analysis was performed using one-way analysis of variance and the Tukey test. Brucellosis patients had lower overall quality of life compared with the controls. Brucellosis patients from rural areas had lower overall quality of life (P