Health-related quality of life in Chinese patients with primary biliary cirrhosis

• Published in: Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology Vol. 23; no. 4; pp. 592 - 598
• Main Authors: Wong, Grace L-H, Law, Florence M-Y, Wong, Vincent W-S, Hui, Alex Y, Chan, Francis K-L, Sung, Joseph J-Y, Chan, Henry L-Y
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Melbourne, Australia Blackwell Publishing Asia 01.04.2008; Blackwell Science
• Subjects: Adult and adolescent clinical studies; anxiety; Biological and medical sciences; China; Depression; fatigue; Female; Gastroenterology. Liver. Pancreas. Abdomen; Humans; Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary - complications; Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary - diagnosis; Liver. Biliary tract. Portal circulation. Exocrine pancreas; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Mood disorders; Other diseases. Semiology; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Quality of Life; SF-36; Surveys and Questionnaires; China; Mood disorder; Human; Primary biliary cirrhosis; anxiety; Gastroenterology; Digestive diseases; Hepatic disease; Depression; Fatigue; Quality of life; SF-36

Background and Aim:  Symptoms and complications of primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) have been shown to impair patients' health‐related quality of life (HRQOL) in the West. We aimed to measure the HRQOL and to determine the factors associated with worse HRQOL among the Chinese PBC patients in Hon...