Figure 2
From: The impact of herpes zoster and post-herpetic neuralgia on quality-of-life
Impact of post-herpetic neuralgia (PHN) across different aspects of quality-of-life (QoL) [13]. A study assessed the impact of pain, medication use and QoL in 385 patients with PHN aged >65 years. Pain causes disruption across many aspects of life for PHN patients. As many as 40% of respondents said that pain moderately or severely affected their ability to carry out general activities. Forty-eight percent of patients commented that pain interfered moderately or severely with their enjoyment of life. Adapted with permission from Oster et al. [13].