Health-related quality of life in patients with autoimmune hepatitis: A questionnaire survey.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

Health-related quality of life is impaired in patients with autoimmune hepatitis, but the association between health-related quality of life and patients' backgrounds remains unknown. We assessed health-related quality of life in patients with autoimmune hepatitis and identified factors associated with its impairment.

Methods

We assessed health-related quality of life in patients with autoimmune hepatitis, patients with chronic hepatitis C, and healthy subjects using the Japanese version of the Chronic Liver Disease Questionnaire and the 36-Item Short Form Survey. We compared health-related quality of life in patients with autoimmune hepatitis with that of patients with chronic hepatitis C and healthy subjects.

Results

A total of 265 patients with autoimmune hepat

SUBMITTER: Takahashi A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6171853 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature