Title: Impact on quality of life and disease burden in adults with herpes zoster
Prospective cohort study for the primary objective and the secondary objectives (1 and 2) and retrospective cohort study for the secondary objective 3.
Disease or disorder under study: Patients with a herpes zoster (HZ) diagnosis.
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Pregnant women
Patients with altered level of consciousness (dementia and others) who do not complete the questionnaires
Patients who do not wish to participate in the study 5.2 Retrospective cohort study Inclusion criteria Adults >18 years of age with a diagnosis of HZ in the CMBD from 2012 to 2023 at the Jiménez Díaz Foundation hospital. Since the international classification of diseases changed from ICD 9 to ICD 10 in 2106, the codes to be used for the inclusion of patients in the study are described below.
Herpes zoster