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Provedor de dados: | 55
País: | Brazil
Título: | Assessment of health-related quality of life and related factors in patients with chronic liver disease
Autores: | Souza,Neila Paula de; Villar,Livia Melo; Garbin,Artênio José Ísper; Rovida,Tânia Adas Saliba; Garbin,Cléa Adas Saliba.
Data: | 2015-12-01
Ano: | 2015
Palavras-chave: | Quality of life; Hepatitis; Liver cirrhosis.
Resumo: | ABSTRACT  BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:  Assessing health-related quality of life is an important aspect of clinical practice. Thus, the present study attempts to assess the health-related quality of life of patients with chronic liver disease.  METHODS:  A cross-sectional survey was conducted on 133 chronic liver disease patients, using three instruments: a demographic questionnaire, the Chronic Liver Disease Questionnaire, and Model for End-Stage Liver Disease index. Variables were expressed as frequencies, percentages, means, and standard deviations. The statistical analysis included Pearson's correlation, Student's t-test, and analysis of variance (p &lt; 0.05 was considered significant).  RESULTS:  The mean age of included subjects was 50.5 ± 13.3 years. The majority were male (66.2%), Caucasian (70.7%), and had a family income of US$329-US$658.2. Over half of the patients (56.4%) were infected by hepatitis C virus and 93.2% had low Model for End-Stage Liver Disease scores. Model for End-Stage Liver Disease score was related to age (r = 0.185;p = 0.033). Higher mean Chronic Liver Disease Questionnaire scores were obtained for emotional function (39.70/SD ± 12.98) and while lower scores were obtained for abdominal symptoms (16.00/SD ± 6.25). Fifty-two patients (39.1%) presented overall low (&lt;5) Chronic Liver Disease Questionnaire scores. Furthermore, Chronic Liver Disease Questionnaire score was related to family income (r = 0.187, p = 0.031).  CONCLUSION:  Most individuals presented high mean Chronic Liver Disease Questionnaire scores, indicating low health-related quality of life, especially individuals with low family income.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702015000600590
Editor: | Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases
Relação: | 10.1016/j.bjid.2015.08.003
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases  v.19 n.6 2015
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess