Quality of life and unmet needs in patients with chronic liver disease: A mixed-method systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background & aims

In an attempt to uncover unmet patient needs, this review aims to synthesise quantitative and qualitative studies on patients' quality of life and their experience of having liver disease.

Methods

Three databases (CINAHL, Embase, and PubMed) were searched from January 2000 to October 2020. The methodological quality and data extraction of both quantitative and qualitative studies were screened and appraised using Joanna Briggs Institute instruments for mixed-method systematic reviews and the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines. A convergent, integrated approach to synthesis and integration was used. Studies including patients with autoimmune and cholestatic liver disease, chronic hepatitis B and C, non-alcoholic fat

SUBMITTER: Gronkjær LL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8585663 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature