Handan ALAY, Sinan YILMAZ, Mehmet PARLAK, Fatma KESMEZ CAN, Nurdan PÜR

The relationship between health-related quality of life and demographic characteristics in patients with chronic hepatitis B

Introduction: The evaluation of health-related quality of life at specific intervals in chronic hepatitis B patients is important in terms of producing interventions aimed at raising quality of life. Aim: The purpose of this study was to measure health-related quality of life in CHB patients and to evaluate its association with demographic characteristics. Material and Method: The study was conducted with CHB patients presenting to the infectious diseases clinic between 01 January and 15 March, 2020. Date were collected demographic characteristics, and with the short form-36 (SF-36). Results: Two hundred fourteen patients diagnosed with CHB and receiving nucleos(t)ide therapy were included in the study. Patients’ mean age was 41.9±12.9 years, 60.7% (n=130) were men, 83.6% were married, and 44.9% were educated to middle school level. Mean scores on all subscales were higher among men. Patients’ SF-36 subscale scores differed significantly in terms of education. Unmarried individuals registered higher mean scales on the SF-36 subscales compared to married participants. The score distributions of housewives and clerical workers differed significantly on the physical functioning (PF), social functioning (SF), and physical role limitation (PRL) subscales (p

Keywords:

Chronic Hepatitis B, quality of life, demographic characteristics,

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