The impact of podoconiosis on quality of life in Northern Ethiopia

Table 6 Collated results of WHOQOL and DLQI questionnaire in use in neglected tropical diseases

Study	Country	Disease	Sample	Overall WHOQOL score (*denotes WHOQOL-BREF)
Joseph and Rao, 1999 [20]	India	Leprosy	50 treated patients 50 controls	94.5 101.5
Tsutumi et al., 2007 [23]	Bangladesh	Leprosy	Patients Controls	78.61 (male), 74.21 (female) 86.64 (male), 91.09 (female)
Costa et al., 2012 [19]	Brazil	Leprosy	120 patients	50.0*
Wejesinghe and Wickremasinghe, 2010 [28]	Sri Lanka	Lymphatic Filariasis	141 outpatients 128 healthy controls	70% score <12.5, 30% score >12.5† 24% score <12.5, 76% score >12.5†
Fürst et al., 2012 [46]	Côte d’Ivoire	S. haematobium	225	51.9*
		S. mansoni	225	47.7*
		Hookworm	225	61.6*
		T. trichiura	225	63.6*
		Plasmodium spp	225	64.7*
				Overall DLQI score
Chandrasena et al., 2007 [25]	Sri Lanka	Lymphatic filariasis	91 patients	8.2
Babu et al., 2006 [24]	India	Lymphatic Filariasis	203 patients	2.7
MacPherson, 2003 [26]	Guyana	Lymphatic Filariasis	15 patients	10.9
Legesse et al., 2008 [18]	Ethiopia	Podoconiosis	74 patients treated 74 patient untreated	3 13
Schuster et al., 2011 [47]	Brazil	Cutaneous Larva Migrans	91 patients	5
Schuster et al., 2011 [47]	Brazil	Cutaneous Larva Migrans	11 Adults	6
			80 children	5

†raw scores were not reported in this study, instead those scoring above and below the median value were shown, Dermatological Life Quality Index(DLQI) values 0–1 no effect, 2–3 small effect, 4–8 moderate effect, 9–16 large effect, 17–24 very large effect [47].

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