The Impact of Influenza on Health-Related Quality of Life, Work Productivity, and Activity Impairment Among Symptomatic US Patients with Influenza
Tianyan Hu, Laura L. Lupton, Alon Yehoshua, Joseph C. Cappelleri, Meghan B. Gavaghan, Verna L. Welch, Santiago M. C. Lopez, Rachel Brathwaite, Manuela Di Fusco, Xiaowu Sun · 2026
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Tianyan Hu leads a 2026 study of 724 symptomatic adults in the United States who tested positive for influenza at pharmacy clinics during the severe 2024-2025 season. The study tracks how flu damaged quality of life and work over a month. Participants rated health repeatedly during the first two weeks and at week four.
Self-rated health plunged on day one and stayed below baseline at day ten, while work absence jumped by well over half on the first day. Working while sick, overall productivity loss, and limits on daily activity followed the same arc, easing by week two to four. The day-by-day curve gives employers and vaccine advocates concrete numbers for what a flu case costs beyond medical bills.
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| CREATOR | Tianyan Hu, Laura L. Lupton, Alon Yehoshua, Joseph C. Cappelleri, Meghan B. Gavaghan, Verna L. Welch, Santiago M. C. Lopez, Rachel Brathwaite, Manuela Di Fusco, Xiaowu Sun |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 49 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |