Hepatitis C virus (HCV) diminishes health related quality of life (HRQOL), and it is now
common to measure HRQOL in clinical trials. We sought to summarize the HRQOL data in …

Infection with HCV leads to an array of symptoms that compromise health‐related quality of
life (HRQL). Chronic hepatitis C is treated primarily with pegylated interferon (peg‐IFN) and …

Page 1 Measuring HEALTH third edition A review of quality of life measurement scales Ann
Bowling Page 2 MEASURING HEALTH Third Edition Page 3 Page 4 MEASURING HEALTH …

Mental health problems frequently occur in chronic infection with the hepatitis C virus (HCV)
and during antiviral treatment with pegylated interferon-alpha (PegIFNα) and ribavirin …

Aim. The aims of the study were (a) to measure the overall quality of life of people receiving
haemodialysis,(b) to compare the quality of life of the sample with that of the general …

Background and aim Health‐related quality of life of patients with chronic liver disease has
been shown to be impaired in numerous studies. However, the factors which influence …

Chronic infection with the hepatitis C virus (HCV) has a profound effect on health‐related
quality of life (HRQoL)–with fatigue, depression and neurocognitive deficits among the most …

The relationship between stages of chronic hepatitis B liver disease and health‐related
quality of life (HRQoL) is an important aspect of the overall management of hepatitis B virus …

Background Chronic hepatitis C (CHC) is the most common blood-borne infection in the
United States, but little is known about illness uncertainty in these patients. Objective The …

Chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection poses a remarkable burden on the health care
system worldwide because of an estimated prevalence of about 3% 1 and association with …