Differences in Estimates of Post-Herpetic Neuralgia Between Medical Chart Review and Self-Report

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Table 1 General Characteristics of the Study Population

	N	%
	981	100
Sex
Female	616	62.79
Male	365	37.21
Age category
<70 years	314	32.01
≥70 years	667	67.99
Race/ethnicity
Asian	99	10.09
Black	70	7.14
Hispanic	205	20.90
Multi-race	43	4.38
Other	6	0.61
White	558	56.88
Education
Did not complete high school	109	11.11
High school graduation or GED	180	18.35
Some college, vocational, or trade school	322	32.82
Bachelor’s degree or above	370	37.72
Employment status
Currently employed	181	18.45
Not employed	33	3.36
Retired	767	78.19
Marital status
Married/living with partner	664	67.69
Never married	24	2.45
Separated or divorced	130	13.25
Widowed	162	16.51
Missing	1	0.10

Table 2 Post-Herpetic Neuralgia (PHN) Identified with Chart Review and the Zoster Brief Pain Inventory

	All (n=981)
	Chart Review PHN
	No		Yes		Total
	n	Row %	n	Row %	n	Column %
Self-report PHN
No	832	96.63	29	3.37	861	87.77
Yes	77	64.17	43	35.83	120	12.23
Total	909	92.66	72	7.34	981	100.00

Table 3 Post-Herpetic Neuralgia (PHN) Identified with Chart Review and the Zoster Brief Pain Inventory, by Sex, Age Group, and Zoster Vaccine Live (ZVL) Vaccination Status

	Chart Review PHN
	Sex
	Females (n=616)						Males (n=365)
	No		Yes		Total		No		Yes		Total
Self-report PHN	n	Row %	n	Row %	n	Column %	n	Row %	n	Row %	n	Column %
No	523	95.79	23	4.21	546	88.64	309	98.10	6	1.90	315	86.30
Yes	41	58.57	29	41.43	70	11.36	36	72.00	14	28.00	50	13.70
Total	564	91.56	52	8.44	616	100.00	345	94.52	20	5.48	365	100.00
	Age group
	<70 years (n=314)						Age ≥70 years (n=667)
	No		Yes		Total		No		Yes		Total
Self-report PHN	n	Row %	n	Row %	n	Column %	n	Row %	n	Row %	n	Column %
No	280	96.89	9	3.11	289	92.04	552	96.50	20	3.50	572	85.76
Yes	15	60.00	10	40.00	25	7.96	62	65.26	33	34.74	95	14.24
Total	295	93.95	19	6.05	314	100.00	614	92.05	53	7.95	667	100.00
	ZVL vaccination status
	Vaccinated (n=501)						Unvaccinated (n=480)
	No		Yes		Total		No		Yes		Total
Self-report PHN	n	Row %	n	Row %	n	Column %	n	Row %	n	Row %	n	Column %
No	437	96.04	18	3.96	455	90.82	395	97.29	11	2.71	406	84.58
Yes	26	56.52	20	43.48	46	9.18	51	68.92	23	31.08	74	15.42
Total	463	92.42	38	7.58	501	100.0	446	92.92	34	7.08	480	100.00