Exploration of a symptoms experience in people with obesity-related nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a highly prevalent condition strongly associated with obesity that can result in premature death. Little is known about the symptoms experience in this progressive disease, preventing health care providers from intervening in the early stages.

Purpose

This study explicated symptoms in persons with NAFLD at higher risk of disease progression defined as the presence of one or two copies of the PNPLA3 (rs738409)-G allele.

Method

Guided by the Symptoms Experience Model, 42 persons older than 21 years of age with diagnosed NAFLD were recruited from Western Michigan specialty offices in this cross-sectional descriptive study design. The Memorial Symptom Assessment Scale was used to measure the symptoms experience.

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SUBMITTER: Houghton-Rahrig LD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3799949 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jul-Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature