Introduction: Knowledge of disease burden attributable to functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGD) in travelers is lacking, despite the high incidence of travelers' diarrhea (TD) associated with increased FGD risk. One tool for assessing the impact of disease on health-related quality of life is the health utility index (HUI), which values health states based on preferential health outcomes. Health utilities can be used as preference weights in the estimation of quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Evidence continues to reveal that travelers' diarrhea (TD) may be associated with several chronic conditions. We quantified the burden of these TD sequelae (TDS) and compared it to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), both well-appreciated long-term health outcomes (LTHO) of deployment.
Methods: A systematic review of outcome-specific incidence and disability was conducted to estimate years lived with disability (YLDs) allowing for comparisons of disease burden across outcomes.
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