Quality of life and related factors among chronic hepatitis B-infected patients: a multi-center study, Turkey.
Zehra KaracaerBanu CakirHakan ErdemKenan UgurluGul DurmusNevin Koc InceCinar OzturkRodrigo HasbunAyse BatirelEsmeray Mutlu YilmazIlkay BozkurtMustafa SunbulAynur AyniogluAynur AtillaAyse ErbayAyse InciCigdem KaderElif Tukenmez TigenGokhan KaraahmetogluSeher Ayten CoskunerEbru DikHuseyin TarakciSelma TosunFatime KorkmazServet KolgelierFatma Yilmaz KaradagSerpil ErolKamuran TurkerCeyda NecanAhmet Melih SahinPinar ErgenGulsen IskenderPinar KorkmazEsma Gulesen ErogluYasemin DurduMehmet UlugSuna Secil DenizFiliz KocSaygın Nayman AlpatNefise OztoprakOmer EvirgenHamdi SozenMustafa DoganSelcuk KayaSafak KayaMustafa AltindisEmel AslanRecep TekinBusra Ergut SezerKevser OzdemirGulden ErsozAhmet SahinIlhami CelikEmsal AydinAliye BastugRezan HarmanHacer Deniz OzkayaEmine ParlakIlknur YavuzSuzan SacarSenol ComogluErcan YenilmezFatma SirmatelIlker Inanc BalkanYesim AlpayMustafa HatipogluAffan DenkGunes SenolMehmet BitirgenMehmet Faruk GeyikRahmet GunerAyten KadanaliAhmet KarakasMustafa NamiduruHatice UdurgucuRukiye Pinar BoluktasErgenekon KaragozNecati OrmeciPublished in: Health and quality of life outcomes (2016)
The HRQOL score of CHB patients was higher than expected and it can be worsen when the disease becomes active. Use of an antiviral therapy can contribute to increasing HRQOL of patients.