French Survey of Postpolio Sequelae

Diard, Catherine; Ravaud, Jean‐François; Held, Jean-Pierre

doi:10.1097/00002060-199407000-00007

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“…The patients with high BMI complained of new breath shortness, but new muscle weakness, pain and fatigue did not correlate with BMI. Our study could not confirm overweight as a risk factor for new late polio symptoms, in contrast with the results of a previous study (25). However, the statistical power of our study was rather low with wide confidence intervals and therefore larger cohort studies are needed to confirm our negative findings.…”

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Lifestyle and late effects after poliomyelitis. A risk factor study of two populations

Rekand

Kõrv

Farbu

et al. 2003

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

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“…Breath shortness is unspecific and an uncommon symptom (9). Several previous studies are in line with ours showing no gender factor for post‐polio symptoms (6, 25).…”

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Lifestyle and late effects after poliomyelitis. A risk factor study of two populations

Rekand

Kõrv

Farbu

et al. 2003

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

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Former poliomyelitis as a health and socioeconomic factor. A paired sibling study

Farbu¹,

Gilhus²

2002

Journal of Neurology

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Eighty former poliomyelitis patients and the sibling nearest in age and of same sex were examined with matched-pair analysis to evaluate the effect of previous poliomyelitis (polio) on social factors and general health. Fifty-four pairs with women (68 %), and 26 pairs with men (32 %) with a mean age 60.4 years were included. Data were collected by questionnaire. There was no significant difference in length of education between patients and siblings (categories < 8 years, 8-12 years, and > 12 years). Employment rate at age 40 years was 78 % for patients and 88 % for siblings (full-time or part-time); this difference was not significant. Educational options were considered to have been excellent by 38 % of the patients and 26 % of the siblings (not significant), with a fair agreement within the pairs (kappa=0.31). There was no significant difference regarding professional options; rated as excellent by 33 % of patients, and 28 % of siblings, with a fair agreement (kappa=0.25) also for this issue. Perception of general health today expressed on a horizontal VAS-scale (0-10) was significantly lower among the patients than the siblings, mean values of 5.8 and 6.8 (P < 0.001) respectively. Patients also reported a lower quality of life (P=0.03), and less energy for leisure activities (P=0.008). Post polio symptoms like muscular and articular pain, and abnormal tiredness were more common among patients than siblings, whereas there was no difference regarding coexisting illness. In conclusion, polio patients and their siblings reckoned their educational and professional options to have been at the same level. The patients were well educated and employed to the same degree up to the age of 40 years, but now at a higher age reported reduced general health.

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