Table 3.

Quality-of-life (QoL) scores obtained from patients with herpes zoster (HZ) [36] compared with different chronic diseases [59]

SF-36 domain	Within two weeks of HZ onset (n = 46)	Hyper-tension (n = 2089)	Congestive heart failure (n = 216)	Diabetes mellitus (n = 541)	Myocardial infarction (n = 107)	Depression (n = 502)
General health	71	63	47	56	59	53
Vitality	45	58	44	56	58	40
Body pain	35	72	63	69	73	59
Mental health	67	78	75	77	76	46
Role limitations due to emotional problems	48	77	64	76	73	39
Physical functioning	63	73	48	68	69	72
Role limitations due to physical problems	19	62	34	57	51	44
Social functioning	52	87	71	82	85	57

Modified from [31] and [59].

All scores were calculated using Short Form (SF)-36, a well-validated tool for measuring QoL that has a maximum score of 100; scores under 50 (in bold) represent low QoL