Quality of life of chronic hepatitis C patients receiving sovaldi treatment regimen at Sharq Almadina hospital in Alexandria
Joint Authors
Jamal al-Din, Nahlah
Shukayr, Najwa
Abd al-Aziz, Hind H.
al-Wishahi, Hibah
Source
Suez Canal University Medical Journal
Issue
Vol. 25, Issue 1 (31 Mar. 2022), pp.42-56, 15 p.
Publisher
Suez Canal University Faculty of Medicine
Publication Date
2022-03-31
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
15
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract EN
Background : hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a worldwide public health problem, affecting about 3% of the world’s population.
the introduction of sofosbuvir (Sovaldi) markedly changed therapeutic outcomes.
the assessment of HRQOL in HCV patients under treatment might help to better understand the effect of treatment on the patient’s quality of life.
aim : the study was conducted to assess the quality of life of chronic hepatitis c patients receiving sovaldi at the out-patient hepatology clinic in Sharq Almadina hospital.
patients and methods : a cross-sectional survey was conducted among chronic hepatitis c patients receiving sovaldi treatment regimen for at least 3 months.
data was collected from the studied CHCV patients using face-to-face inter-views including personal & sociodemographic characteristics, the chronic liver disease questionnaire (CLDQ) to assess health-related quality of life, and the translated Arabic version of the short-form (SF 36) generic quality of life questionnaire.
in addition, reviewing the medical records of studied CHCV patients to collect data about their laboratory findings was done.
results : more than two-thirds of studied patients (69.1%) discovered the disease during the national Egyptian campaign.
the overall median value of SF-36Q items was 53.19 indicating a poor HRQOL.
there were significant positive correlations between the majority of SF-36Q individual domain scores and that for CLDQ P < 0.001 as well as the total scores.
conclusions : there were significant positive correlations between the majority of SF-36Q individual domain scores and that for CLDQ as well as the total scores.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Jamal al-Din, Nahlah& Shukayr, Najwa& Abd al-Aziz, Hind H.& al-Wishahi, Hibah. 2022. Quality of life of chronic hepatitis C patients receiving sovaldi treatment regimen at Sharq Almadina hospital in Alexandria. Suez Canal University Medical Journal،Vol. 25, no. 1, pp.42-56.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1333157
Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Wishahi, Hibah…[et al.]. Quality of life of chronic hepatitis C patients receiving sovaldi treatment regimen at Sharq Almadina hospital in Alexandria. Suez Canal University Medical Journal Vol. 25, no. 1 (2022), pp.42-56.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1333157
American Medical Association (AMA)
Jamal al-Din, Nahlah& Shukayr, Najwa& Abd al-Aziz, Hind H.& al-Wishahi, Hibah. Quality of life of chronic hepatitis C patients receiving sovaldi treatment regimen at Sharq Almadina hospital in Alexandria. Suez Canal University Medical Journal. 2022. Vol. 25, no. 1, pp.42-56.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1333157
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 54-56
Record ID
BIM-1333157