• Adnan I Qureshi, Morad Chughtai, Tokpagnan Oscar Loua, Jean Pe Kolie, Hadja Fatou Sikhe Camara, Muhammad Fawad Ishfaq, Cheikh Tidane N'Dour, and Kezely Beavogui.
• Zeenat Qureshi Clinical Neuroscience Institute, Donka National Hospital, Conakry, Guinea Zeenat Qureshi Stroke Institute, St Cloud, Minnesota.
• Clin. Infect. Dis. 2015 Oct 1; 61 (7): 1035-42.

BackgroundThere is a paucity of data regarding health consequences of Ebola virus disease among survivors.MethodsWe surveyed 105 Ebola virus disease survivors postdischarge from an Ebola treatment unit in Guinea using a standard data collection form. Patients rated recovery as the percentage of improvement in functional status, where 0% represents "unable to perform" and 100% represents "able to perform at prior level."ResultsThe mean ± standard deviation time interval between hospital discharge and administration of questionnaire was 103.5 ± 47.9 days in 105 survivors. Anorexia was reported by 103 patients, with varying severity levels: mild (n = 33), moderate (n = 65), or severe (n = 5). Reported pain according to site was chest (30.7%), joint (86.7%), muscle (26.7%), and back (45.7%), among others. Recovery in functional status was graded as mild (10%-30%) (n = 2 [1.9%]), moderate (40%-70%) (n = 52 [50.0%]), and excellent (80%-100%) (n = 50 [48.1%]). Severity of arthralgia (R(2) = 0.09; P = .008) was directly associated with lower recovery in functional status in multivariate analysis.ConclusionsEbola virus disease survivors frequently reported anorexia and arthralgia. Severity of arthralgia was related to lower functional recovery. There may be a role for focused screening and intervention for symptoms identified in this study of survivors.© The Author 2015. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com.

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