Health related quality of life among patients with chronic hepatitis C: A cross-sectional study of sociodemographic, psychopathological and psychiatric determinants

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 633-639

  Fábregas, Bruno Cópio ^a   de Ávila, Renata Eliane ^a   Faria, Marjore Novaes ^a   Moura, Alexandre Sampaio ^a   Carmo, Ricardo Andrade ^a   Teixeira, Antonio Lúcio ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Depression; Fatigue; Hepatitis C; Quality of life; WHOQOL BREF

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ALCOHOL USE DISORDER; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRIEF FATIGUE INVENTORY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DSM-IV; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HAMILTON ANXIETY SCALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HEPATITIS C; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; IRRITABILITY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MINI INTERNATIONAL NEUROPSYCHIATRIC INTERVIEW PLUS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; WHOQOL BREF;

DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; HEPATITIS C; QUALITY OF LIFE; WHOQOL-BREF;

BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84888041045     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: 16784391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjid.2013.03.008     Document Type: Article

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