QoLCHIK study aims at evaluating impact of chikungunya infection on the quality of life of infected people during the 2005-2006 outbreak in Reunion Island and followed in the TELECHIK cohort by comparing scores of SF-36 health survey.

QoLCHIK is a prospective cohort telephone study on the quality of life of people from the TELECHIK cohort, measured by the SF-36 health survey. TELECHIK was a telephone survey conducted 2 years after the 2005-2006 outbreak in Reunion Island and drawn from the SEROCHIK study which aimed at assessing the seroprevalence of chinkungunya over the island between august and october 2006.

A sample of 440 people (220 per group) was calculated and to be drawn from TELECHIK cohort, 220 with a serodiagnosis of chikungunya and 220 with negative serology.

Inclusion Criteria:

• People from the TELECHIK cohort

Exclusion Criteria:

• People with other diseases or disorders which could impact quality of life (predefined list)
• Minor
• Elderly over 85 yo
• People with a risk of exposure (in an endemic/epidemic area) after 2005-2006 Reunion Island outbreak

TELECHIK cohort population drawn for telephone survey