The effect of polypharmacy on quality of life in adult patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in the United States.
Marwan A AlrasheedJeff Jianfei GuoAlex C LinPatricia R WigleAngelica HardeeAna L HincapiePublished in: Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation (2022)
Adults with NAFLD and polypharmacy have lower QoL than adults with NAFLD and non-polypharmacy. Number of medications had a significant negative impact on PCS, MCS, and all SF-36 domains except mental health, role physical limitation and role emotional limitation domains. Other factors that affect QoL negatively in NAFLD adult patients are female gender, obesity, diabetes, depression, and unemployment. Higher income had favorable effect on QoL.