Open Access<p>Differences in Estimates of Post-Herpetic Neuralgia Between Medical Chart Review and Self-Report</p>
Author(s) -
Hilary C. Tanenbaum,
Anna Lawless,
Lina S. Sy,
Vennis Hong,
Bradley Ackerson,
Katia Bruxvoort,
Yi Luo,
Hung Fu Tseng
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of pain research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.888
H-Index - 49
ISSN - 1178-7090
DOI - 10.2147/jpr.s255238
Subject(s) - medicine , chart , pediatrics , telephone interview , social science , statistics , mathematics , sociology
Post-herpetic neuralgia (PHN) is a common herpes zoster (HZ) complication, where pain persists 90 days after the initial HZ diagnosis. Evaluating PHN risk is essential for determining the burden on patients and health-care systems, but research shows variable estimates. The extent to which these differences are related to the assessment method has not been examined. The purpose of this study is to compare the proportion of PHN among HZ patients measured by medical chart review and self-report surveys.