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Volume 23, Number 4—April 2017
Dispatch

Persistent Arthralgia Associated with Chikungunya Virus Outbreak, US Virgin Islands, December 2014–February 2016

Leora R. FeldsteinComments to Author , Ali Rowhani-Rahbar, J. Erin Staples, Marcia R. Weaver, M. Elizabeth Halloran, and Esther M. Ellis
Author affiliations: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, USA (L.R. Feldstein, M.E. Halloran); University of Washington, Seattle (A. Rowhani-Rahbar, M.R. Weaver, M.E. Halloran); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA (J.E. Staples); US Virgin Islands Department of Health, Saint Croix, US Virgin Islands (E.M. Ellis)

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Table 2

Demographic and physical characteristics among residents in a study of persistent arthralgia after a chikungunya virus outbreak, US Virgin Islands, December 2014–February 2016*

Variable No. (%) chikungunya virus case-patients
 No. (%) nonsymptomatic controls at 12-month case-patient follow-up, N = 167*
6 months after symptom onset, N = 165 12 months after symptom onset, N = 128
Median age (range), y
 52 (1-96)
 52 (1-92)
 35 (2-78)
Sex
F 108 (65) 82 (64) 108 (65)
M
 57 (35)
 46 (36)
 59 (35)
Employed or a student
 96 (58)
 73 (57)
 125 (75)
History of self-reported arthritis
 37 (22)
 30 (23)
 28 (17)
Annual household income <US$50,000
 –
 82 (64)
 121 (72)
Joint pain day of interview
 59 (36)
 34 (27)
 14 (8)
Joint pain within month of interview
 87 (53)
 51 (40)
 26 (16)
Difficulty performing daily activities
Walking – 36 (28) 20 (12)
Climbing stairs – 40 (31) 20 (12)
Lifting heavy objects – 27 (21) 16 (10)
Getting in and out of cars – 27 (21) 10 (6)
Opening jars
 –
 33 (26)
 13 (8)
Sleeping
 27 (31)
 19 (37)
 8 (29)
Health somewhat/much worse after 1 y
 –
 28 (22)
 16 (10)
Subsample of participants reporting joint pain within mo of interview N = 87 N = 51 N = 26
Persistent arthralgia 72 (44) 42 (33) 20 (12)
Joint pain frequency
Daily 42 (48) 28 (55) 13 (50)
2–3 times/wk 17 (20) 8 (16) 5 (19)
1 time/wk 13 (15) 6 (12) 2 (8)
<1 time/wk 12 (14) 9 (18) 6 (23)
Not known
 3 (3)
 0
 0
Symmetrical joint pain
 27 (31)
 14 (27)
 7 (27)
Joint pain time of day
Morning 16 (18) 12 (24) 2 (8)
Day 10 (11) 5 (10) 1 (4)
Night 11 (13) 6 (12) 5 (19)
Morning and night 5 (6) 2 (4) 1 (4)
Present at all times or activity dependent 43 (49) 23 (45) 15 (58)
Not known
 2 (2)
 3 (6)
 2 (8)
Worst time of day for joint pain
Morning 29 (33) 21 (41) 3 (12)
Day 9 (10) 7 (14) 1 (4)
Night 20 (23) 8 (16) 8 (31)
Morning and night 3 (3) 3 (6) 0
Present at all times or activity dependent 23 (26) 8 (16) 12 (46)
Not known 3 (3) 4 (8) 2 (8)

*Values are no. (%) except as indicated. –,data not obtained.

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