Depression, anxiety and alexithymia symptoms are major determinants of health related quality of life (HRQoL) in cirrhotic patients

Metabolic Brain Disease

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 239-243

  Nardelli, Silvia ^a   Pentassuglio, Ilaria ^a   Pasquale, Chiara ^a   Ridola, Lorenzo ^a   Moscucci, Federica ^a   Merli, Manuela ^a   Mina, Concetta ^a   Marianetti, Massimo ^a   Fratino, Mariangela ^a   Izzo, Chiara ^a   Merkel, Carlo ^b   Riggio, Oliviero ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Depression; Health related quality of life; Liver cirrhosis; Minimal hepatic encephalopathy; Psychometric evaluation; State and trait anxiety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; CHILD PUGH SCORE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHORT FORM 36; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; TORONTO ALEXITHYMIA SCALE; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGED; ANXIETY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL;

AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGED; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84878019165     PISSN: 08857490     EISSN: 15737365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11011-012-9364-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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