Imperial College London
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Dr Tini Garske

Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health

Senior Lecturer
 
 
 
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@article{Eneanya:2019:10.1186/s12879-019-3959-6,
author = {Eneanya, O and Garske, T and Donnelly, C},
doi = {10.1186/s12879-019-3959-6},
journal = {BMC Infectious Diseases},
title = {The social, physical and economic impact of lymphedema and hydrocele: A matched cross-sectional study in rural Nigeria},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-3959-6},
volume = {19},
year = {2019}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - BackgroundLymphatic filariasis (LF) is a mosquito-borne parasitic disease and a major cause of disability worldwide. To effectively plan morbidity management programmes, it is important to estimate disease burden and evaluate the needs of patients. This study aimed to estimate patient numbers and characterise the physical, social and economic impact of LF in in rural Nigeria.MethodsThis is a matched cross-sectional study which identified lymphedema and hydrocele patients with the help of district health officers and community-directed distributors of mass drug administration programmes. A total of 52 cases were identified and matched to 52 apparently disease-free controls, selected from the same communities and matched by age and sex. Questionnaires and narrative interviews were used to characterise the physical, social and economic impact of lymphedema and hydrocele.ResultsForty-eight cases with various stages of lower limb lymphedema, and 4 with hydrocele were identified. 40% of all cases reported feeling stigma and were 36 times (95% CI: 5.18–1564.69) more likely to avoid forms of social participation. Although most cases engaged in some form of income-generating activity, these were low paid employment, and on average cases spent significantly less time than controls working. The economic effects of lower income were exacerbated by increased healthcare spending, as cases were 86 times (95% CI: 17.48–874.90) more likely to spend over US $125 on their last healthcare payment.ConclusionThis study highlights the importance of patient-search as a means of estimating the burden of LF morbidity in rural settings. Findings from this work also confirm that LF causes considerable psychosocial and economic suffering, all of which adversely affect the mental health of patients. It is therefore important to incorporate mental health care as a major component of morbidity management programmes.
AU  - Eneanya,O
AU  - Garske,T
AU  - Donnelly,C
DO  - 10.1186/s12879-019-3959-6
PY  - 2019///
SN  - 1471-2334
TI  - The social, physical and economic impact of lymphedema and hydrocele: A matched cross-sectional study in rural Nigeria
T2  - BMC Infectious Diseases
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-3959-6
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/70158
VL  - 19
ER  -
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