From: The humanistic, economic and societal burden of Herpes Zoster in Europe: a critical review
Inclusion criteria | Exclusion criteria | |
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Country setting | Present data from a country in the EU or EU in general | Only present data from a non-EU country. No data specific to the EU. |
Population | Adults with HZ or PHN | Children |
Focus mainly on chicken pox | ||
Immunodepressed patients only (e.g. HIV patients) | ||
Studies that contain information on key search terms (inc. QoL, burden, productivity) | Studies that do NOT contain information on key search terms | |
Study design | Real world data, observational studies, effectiveness, qualitative research and cost studies | Clinical trials of efficacy and safety of treatments presenting QoL data as secondary endpoint only |
Clinical trials of Zostavax | ||
Focus mainly on epidemiological evidence (e.g. incidence, prevalence etc.) | ||
Publication type | For conference abstracts, exclusion if manuscript corresponding to this abstract and presenting equivalent information is already published |