Assessment of the quality of life in patients with chronic hepatitis C treated by inf-based therapy /
تقييم جودة الحياة لمرضى الالتهاب الكبدى الفيروسى (ج) المعالجين بعقار الانترفيرون طويل المفعول
Hesham Abbass Elhalwagy ; Supervised Ayman Amer , Mohamed Said Abdelaziz , Wafaa Elakel
- Cairo : Hesham Abbass Elhalwagy , 2014
- 121 P. ; 25cm
Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Tropical Medicine
HCV - related chronic liver disease is a major health problem in Egypt which shows the highest prevalence of the disease worldwide. Health - related quality of life (HRQoL) is the main concern of health care professionals and is becoming an important health outcome indicator. As reported by many previous studies that treating HCV patients with Interferon based therapy causes many side effects and also affects the patients HRQoL. To Assess of the changes in QoL in Egyptian patient with chronic hepatitis C undergoing treatment with Peg - INF + RBV compared with pre-treatment status and to evaluate the impact of QoL changes on patients undergoing the treatment. A follow up study based on 53 chronic hepatitis C patients receiving Peg - INF + RBV in National treatment program in El Kahira Elfatimia Hospital (one of the affiliated centers to National committee for control of Viral Hepatitis NCCVH, Egypt). Patients were classified according to their end of treatment response into responders n = 39, 73.6% and non - responders n = 14, 26.4%
Chronic HCV HRQoL health related quality of life LDQOL V 1.0 Liver disease quality of life version 1.0