TY  - JOUR
TI  - Evaluation of Health-Related Life Quality of Patients with Chronic Hepatitis Admitted to a Medical Faculty Hospital
AB  - Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine the life qualityand related factors of patients with chronic hepatitis B and C whoadmitted to the Infectious Diseases Clinic of Erciyes UniversityMedical Faculty Hospital.Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional study, a total of 234patients with chronic hepatitis B and C between December 2016and June 2017 were included. The questionnaire consisted of 16sociodemographic questions and SF-36 life quality form.Results: The average age of 234 participants was 53.4±13.2(minimum: 19, maximum: 84) years. 19.7% of the participants werehepatitis B carriers, 44.0% were chronic hepatitis B and 36.3% werechronic hepatitis C patients. Life quality scores were found to besignificantly lower in patients with hepatitis C, in women, the elderly,those with low educational and economic status, and those who didnot work, who had an additional disease and who did not performregular physical activity.Conclusion: Social arrangements to improve life quality especiallyfor women, the elderly, individuals with lower education andeconomic status, some economic improvements in the treatmentprocess and encouraging patients to physical activity may bebeneficial
AU  - Çetinkaya, Fevziye
AU  - ORAL, Belgin
AU  - gün, iskender
DO  - 10.4274/vhd.galenos.2020.2020.0011
PY  - 2020
JO  - Viral Hepatitis Journal
VL  - 26
IS  - 3
SN  - 2147-2939
SP  - 151
EP  - 157
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/416453
ER  -