Treatment effectiveness and side effects of patients with hepatitis C in the prisons of Southern Taiwan: a real-life retrospective analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Hepatitis C is an important risk factor for cirrhosis and liver cancer in the Taiwanese population. Domestic prisons reported a higher rate of hepatitis C infection than the national average. Efficient and effective treatment of patients with hepatitis C in prisons is required to decrease the number of infections. This study analysed the effectiveness of hepatitis C treatment and its side effects in prison patients.

Design

This retrospective analysis included adult patients with hepatitis C who received direct-acting antiviral agents between 2018 and 2021.

Setting

The special hepatitis C clinics in the two prisons were run by a medium-sized hepatitis C treatment hospital in Southern Taiwan. Three direct-acting antiviral agents, sofosbuvir/ledipasvir for 12 w

SUBMITTER: Tsai YC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10254962 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature