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Hepatitis C Main Forums => Hepatitis C Research News & Studies => Topic started by: Hep Editors on August 15, 2019, 10:25:08 am
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People with hepatitis C virus (HCV) who undergo direct-acting antiviral (DAA) treatment for the virus but are not cured experience a decline in their health-related quality of life, Reuters Health reports.
Publishing their findings in Clinical Infectious Diseases, researchers analyzed data on 242 people who participated in clinical trials of hep C therapies and were not cured. The members of this cohort had all entered a posttreatment registry in which they were monitored for long-term health-related quality-of-life trends. The investigators used an assessment tool called the Short Form-36 instrument (SF-36), which includes eight domains of health-related quality of life as well as a mental and a physical component summary score.
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https://www.hepmag.com/article/cured-hep-c-treatment-see-worse-healthrelated-quality-life