The impact of spontaneous intracranial hypotension on social life and health-related quality of life.

Jesse, Christopher Marvin; Häni, Levin; Fung, Christian; Ulrich, Christian Thomas; Schär, Ralph T; Dobrocky, Tomas; Piechowiak, Eike Immo; Goldberg, Johannes; Schankin, Christoph Josef; Sintonen, Harri; Beck, Jürgen; Raabe, Andreas (2022). The impact of spontaneous intracranial hypotension on social life and health-related quality of life. Journal of neurology, 269(10), pp. 5466-5473. Springer 10.1007/s00415-022-11207-7

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OBJECTIVE

Spontaneous intracranial hypotension (SIH), which is often caused by a spinal cerebrospinal fluid leak, is an important cause of disabling headaches. Many patients report devastating changes in their quality of life because of their symptoms. This study aimed to evaluate the impact of SIH on patients' social/ working life and health-related quality of life (HRQoL).

METHODS

We included consecutive patients with proven SIH treated at our institution from January 2013 to May 2020. Patients were contacted and asked to complete the 15D questionnaire for the collection of HRQoL data and to provide additional information on their social life status.

RESULTS

Of 112 patients, 79 (70.5%) returned the questionnaire and were included in the analysis. Of those, 69 were treated surgically (87.3%), and 10 were managed non-operatively (12.7%). Twenty-five (31.6%) patients reported a severe impact on their partnership, 32 (41.5%) reported a moderate or severe impact on their social life. Forty (54.8%) patients reported sick leave for more than 3 months. The mean 15D score was 0.890 (± 0.114) and significantly impaired compared to an age- and sex-matched general population (p = 0.001), despite treatment. Patients with residual SIH-symptoms (36, 45.6%) had significantly impaired HRQoL compared to those without any residual symptoms (41, 51.9%) (p < 0.001).

CONCLUSION

SIH had a notable impact on the patients' social life and HRQoL. It caused long periods of incapacity for work, and is therefore, associated with high economic costs. Although all patients were appropriately treated, reduced HRQoL persisted after treatment, underlining the chronic character of this disease.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Head Organs and Neurology (DKNS) > Clinic of Neurology
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Radiology, Neuroradiology and Nuclear Medicine (DRNN) > Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Head Organs and Neurology (DKNS) > Clinic of Neurosurgery

UniBE Contributor:

Jesse, Christopher Marvin, Häni, Levin, Ulrich, Christian Thomas (A), Schär, Ralph Thomas, Dobrocky, Tomas, Piechowiak, Eike Immo, Goldberg, Johannes, Schankin, Christoph Josef, Beck, Jürgen, Raabe, Andreas

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

1432-1459

Publisher:

Springer

Language:

English

Submitter:

Pubmed Import

Date Deposited:

16 Jun 2022 09:15

Last Modified:

29 Mar 2023 23:38

Publisher DOI:

10.1007/s00415-022-11207-7

PubMed ID:

35701531

Uncontrolled Keywords:

Health-related quality of life Orthostatic headache Spinal cerebrospinal fluid leak Spontaneous intracranial hypotension

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/170718

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/170718

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