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1. Quality of life and related factors among chronic hepatitis B-infected patients: a multi-center study, Turkey

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Karacaer ZAUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-2658-4679, Cakir B, Erdem H, Ugurlu K, Durmus G, Ince NK, Ozturk C, Hasbun R, Batirel A, Yilmaz EM, Bozkurt I, Sunbul M, Aynioglu A, Atilla A, Erbay A, Inci A, Kader C, Tigen ET, Karaahmetoglu G, Coskuner SA, Dik E, Tarakci H, Tosun S, Korkmaz F, Kolgelier S, Karadag FY, Erol S, Turker K, Necan C, Sahin AM, Ergen P, Iskender G, Korkmaz P, Eroglu EG, Durdu Y, Ulug M, Deniz SS, Koc F, Alpat SN, Oztoprak N, Evirgen O, Sozen H, Dogan M, Kaya S, and Altindis M

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Adult, Aged, Antiviral Agents/therapeutic use, Cross-Sectional Studies, Female, Health Status Indicators, Hepatitis B, Chronic/drug therapy/psychology, Humans, Interviews as Topic, Male, Middle Aged, Prospective Studies, Quality of Life, Turkey
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BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to assess health-related quality of life (HRQOL) among chronic hepatitis B (CHB) patients in Turkey and to study related factors. METHODS: This multicenter study was carried out between January 01 and April 15, 2015 in Turkey in 57 centers. Adults were enrolled and studied in three groups. Group 1: Inactive HBsAg carriers, Group 2: CHB patients receiving antiviral therapy, Group 3: CHB patients who were neither receiving antiviral therapy nor were inactive HBsAg carriers. Study data was collected by face-to-face interviews using a standardized questionnaire, Short Form-36 (SF-36) and Hepatitis B Quality of Life (HBQOL). Values equivalent to p < 0.05 in analyses were accepted as statistically significant. RESULTS: Four thousand two hundred fifty-seven patients with CHB were included in the study. Two thousand five hundred fifty-nine (60.1 %) of the patients were males. Groups 1, 2 and 3, consisted of 1529 (35.9 %), 1721 (40.4 %) and 1007 (23.7 %) patients, respectively. The highest value of HRQOL was found in inactive HBsAg carriers. We found that total HBQOL score increased when antiviral treatment was used. However, HRQOL of CHB patients varied according to their socio-demographic properties. Regarding total HBQOL score, a higher significant level of HRQOL was determined in inactive HBV patients when matched controls with the associated factors were provided. CONCLUSIONS: 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.

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2016

2. Managing atypical and typical herpetic central nervous system infections: results of a multinational study

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Signe Maj Sørensen, Jean-Paul Stahl, Seher Ayten Coskuner, Pierre Tattevin, Mauro Maresca, Sibel Bolukcu, Oğuz Reşat Sipahi, Rosa Fontana, Lykke Larsen, Xavier Argemi, Lenka Baštáková, Guillaume Béraud, Mario Poljak, Gamze Kilicoglu, Matjaž Jereb, Bruno Baršić, Akram Al-Mahdawi, Nevin Ince, Isik Somuncu Johansen, Filiz Pehlivanoglu, Sylviane Defres, Hasan Karsen, Yasemin Akkoyunlu, Asuman Inan, Souha S. Kanj, Hava Yilmaz, Nazif Elaldi, Elif Sahin-Horasan, Jesper Damsgaard Gunst, Emine Parlak, Hulya Tireli, Hakan Erdem, Anne Lisbeth Bohr, Fatime Korkmaz, Oguz Karabay, Haluk Vahaboglu, Gulden Yilmaz, Ghaydaa A. Shehata, Süheyla Kömür, Stephen L. Leib, Mahtab Chehri, Salih Atakan Nemli, Abdullah Umut Pekok, Sukran Kose, Derya Ozturk-Engin, Seniha Senbayrak, Mehmet Ulug, Gulistan Halac, Mustafa Sunbul, Gonul Sengoz, Selçuk Kaya, Ahmad Sharif-Yakan, Yasemin Cag, Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, Centre d'Investigation Clinique [Rennes] (CIC), Université de Rennes 1 (UR1), Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Hôpital Pontchaillou-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Service des maladies infectieuses et réanimation médicale [Rennes] = Infectious Disease and Intensive Care [Rennes], CHU Pontchaillou [Rennes], Fonction, structure et inactivation d'ARN bactériens, Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Structure Fédérative de Recherche en Biologie et Santé de Rennes ( Biosit : Biologie - Santé - Innovation Technologique ), Evaluation des technologies de santé et des pratiques médicales - ULR 2694 (METRICS), Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire [Lille] (CHRU Lille)-Université de Lille, Centre hospitalier universitaire de Poitiers (CHU Poitiers), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire [Grenoble] (CHU), Cumhuriyet Universitesi, AKKOYUNLU, YASEMİN, Institute of Microbiology and Immunology - Inštitut za mikrobiologijo in imunologijo [Ljubljana, Slovenia], Université de Rennes (UR)-Hôpital Pontchaillou-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Université de Rennes (UR)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Structure Fédérative de Recherche en Biologie et Santé de Rennes ( Biosit : Biologie - Santé - Innovation Technologique ), Université de Lille-Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire [Lille] (CHRU Lille), Ege Üniversitesi, [Cag, Y.] Dr Lutfi Kirdar Training & Res Hosp, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Istanbul, Turkey -- [Erdem, H.] Gulhane Mil Med Acad, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Ankara, Turkey -- [Leib, S.] Univ Bern, Inst Infect Dis, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland -- [Defres, S.] Univ Liverpool, Inst Infect & Global Hlth, Liverpool L69 3BX, Merseyside, England -- [Defres, S.] Royal Liverpool & Broadgreen Univ Hosp NHS Trust, Trop Infect Dis Unit, Liverpool, Merseyside, England -- [Kaya, S.] Karadeniz Tech Univ, Sch Med, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Trabzon, Turkey -- [Larsen, L. -- Johansen, I. S.] Odense Univ Hosp, Dept Infect Dis Q, Odense, Denmark -- [Poljak, M.] Univ Ljubljana, Inst Microbiol & Immunol, Fac Med, Ljubljana, Slovenia -- [Ozturk-Engin, D. -- Bolukcu, S. -- Inan, A. -- Senbayrak, S.] Haydarpasa Numune Training & Res Hosp, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Istanbul, Turkey -- [Barsic, B.] Univ Zagreb, Dr Fran Mihaljev Univ Hosp Infect Dis, Dept Infect Dis, Sch Med, Zagreb, Croatia -- [Argemi, X.] Nouvel Hop Civil, Dept Infect Dis, Strasbourg, France -- [Sorensen, S. M.] Aalborg Univ Hosp, Dept Infect Dis, Aalborg, Denmark -- [Bohr, A. L.] Rigshosp, Copenhagen Univ Hosp, Inst Inflammat Res, Dept Infect Dis & Rheumatol, Copenhagen, Denmark -- [Tattevin, P.] Univ Hosp Pontchaillou, Dept Infect & Trop Dis, Rennes, France -- [Gunst, J. D.] Aarhus Univ Hosp, Dept Infect Dis, Aarhus, Denmark -- [Bastakova, L.] Masaryk Univ, Fac Hosp Brno, Dept Infect Dis, Fac Med, Brno, Czech Republic -- [Jereb, M.] Univ Med Ctr, Dept Infect Dis, Ljubljana, Slovenia -- [Karabay, O.] Sakarya Univ, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Sch Med, Sakarya, Turkey -- [Pekok, A. U.] Private Erzurum Sifa Hosp, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Erzurum, Turkey -- [Sipahi, O. R.] Ege Univ, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Sch Med, Izmir, Turkey -- [Chehri, M.] Hvidovre Univ Hosp, Dept Infect Dis, Copenhagen, Denmark -- [Beraud, G.] Univ Poitiers Hosp, Dept Infect Dis, Poitiers, France -- [Shehata, G.] Assiut Univ Hosp, Dept Neurol & Psychiat, Assiut, Egypt -- [Fontana, R. -- Maresca, M.] Univ Catania, Infect Dis Sect, Dept Clin & Mol Biomed, Catania, Italy -- [Karsen, H.] Harran Univ, Sch Med, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Sanliurfa, Turkey -- [Sengoz, G. -- Pehlivanoglu, F.] Haseki Training & Res Hosp, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Istanbul, Turkey -- [Sunbul, M. -- Yilmaz, H.] Ondokuz Mayis Univ, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Sch Med, Samsun, Turkey -- [Yilmaz, G.] Ankara Univ, Sch Med, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Ankara, Turkey -- [Sharif-Yakan, A. -- Kanj, S.] Amer Univ Beirut, Med Ctr, Beirut, Lebanon -- [Parlak, E.] Ataturk Univ, Sch Med, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Erzurum, Turkey -- [Korkmaz, F.] Konya Training & Res Hosp, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Konya, Turkey -- [Komur, S.] Cukurova Univ, Sch Med, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Adana, Turkey -- [Kose, S.] Tepecik Training & Res Hosp, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Izmir, Turkey -- [Ulug, M.] Private Umit Hosp, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Eskisehir, Turkey -- [Coskuner, S. A.] Izmir Bozyaka Training & Res Hosp, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Izmir, Turkey -- [Stahl, J. P.] Univ Grenoble 1, Grenoble, France -- [Stahl, J. P.] Univ Hosp Grenoble, Dept Infect Dis, Grenoble, France -- [Ince, N.] Duzce Univ, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Sch Med, Duzce, Turkey -- [Akkoyunlu, Y.] Bezmi Alem Vakif Univ, Sch Med, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Istanbul, Turkey -- [Halac, G.] Bezmi Alem Vakif Univ, Sch Med, Dept Neurol, Istanbul, Turkey -- [Sahin-Horasan, E.] Mersin Univ, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Sch Med, Mersin, Turkey -- [Tireli, H.] Haydarpasa Numune Training & Res Hosp, Dept Neurol, Istanbul, Turkey -- [Kilicoglu, G.] Haydarpasa Numune Training & Res Hosp, Dept Radiol, Istanbul, Turkey -- [Al-Mahdawi, A.] Baghdad Teaching Hosp, Dept Neurol, Baghdad, Iraq -- [Nemli, S. A.] Katip Celebi Univ, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Sch Med, Izmir, Turkey -- [Vahaboglu, H.] Medeniyet Univ, Goztepe Training & Res Hosp, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Istanbul, Turkey -- [Elaldi, N.] Cumhuriyet Univ, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Sch Med, Sivas, Turkey, Ghaydaa, Shehata -- 0000-0002-3631-893X, VAHABOGLU, Haluk -- 0000-0001-8217-1767, Kanj, Souha -- 0000-0001-6413-3396, Beraud, Guillaume -- 0000-0002-4705-0916, Gunst, Jesper -- 0000-0002-3787-0259, Stahl, Jean Paul -- 0000-0002-0086-3557, johansen, isik somuncu -- 0000-0002-2189-9823, Larsen, Lykke -- 0000-0002-4113-4182, Karabay, Oguz -- 0000-0003-0502-432X, OMÜ, Cag, Y, Erdem, H, Leib, S, Defres, S, Kaya, S, Larsen, L, Poljak, M, Ozturk-Engin, D, Barsic, B, Argemi, X, Sorensen, SM, Bohr, AL, Tattevin, P, Gunst, JD, Bastakova, L, Jereb, M, Johansen, IS, Karabay, O, Pekok, AU, Sipahi, OR, Chehri, M, Beraud, G, Shehata, G, Fontana, R, Maresca, M, Karsen, H, Sengoz, G, Sunbul, M, Yilmaz, G, Yilmaz, H, Sharif-Yakan, A, Kanj, S, Parlak, E, Pehlivanoglu, F, Korkmaz, F, Komur, S, Kose, S, Ulug, M, Bolukcu, S, Coskuner, SA, Stahl, JP, Ince, N, Akkoyunlu, Y, Halac, G, Sahin-Horasan, E, Tireli, H, Kilicoglu, G, Al-Mahdawi, A, Nemli, SA, Inan, A, Senbayrak, S, Vahaboglu, H, Elaldi, N, Sakarya Üniversitesi/İlahiyat Fakültesi/Temel İslam Bilimleri Bölümü, Kaya, Süleyman, Karabay, Oğuz, and Çukurova Üniversitesi

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Male, Pathology, [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], encephalitis, Electroencephalography, medicine.disease_cause, Polymerase Chain Reaction, 0302 clinical medicine, Cerebrospinal fluid, 030212 general & internal medicine, Cerebrospinal Fluid, Aged, 80 and over, medicine.diagnostic_test, Atypical presentation, Brain, meningitis, General Medicine, Middle Aged, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 3. Good health, Infectious Diseases, medicine.anatomical_structure, results of a multinational study-, Clinical Microbiology And Infection, cilt.22, ss.568-569, 2016 [Akkoyunlu Y., Çağ Y., -Managing atypical and typical herpetic central nervous system infections], Female, Presentation (obstetrics), Encephalitis, Adult, Microbiology (medical), medicine.medical_specialty, Adolescent, Central nervous system, Microbiology, Young Adult, 03 medical and health sciences, Internal medicine, medicine, Journal Article, Humans, Aged, Retrospective Studies, managing, Diagnostic Tests, Routine, business.industry, Magnetic resonance imaging, medicine.disease, herpes simplex virus, Herpes simplex virus, Concomitant, DNA, Viral, Encephalitis, Herpes Simplex, business, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Abstract

WOS: 000379252100027, PubMed ID: 27085724, There have been many studies pertaining to the management of herpetic meningoencephalitis (HME), but the majority of them have focussed on virologically unconfirmed cases or included only small sample sizes. We have conducted a multicentre study aimed at providing management strategies for HME. Overall, 501 adult patients with PCR-proven HME were included retrospectively from 35 referral centres in 10 countries; 496 patients were found to be eligible for the analysis. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis using a PCR assay yielded herpes simplex virus (HSV)-1 DNA in 351 patients (70.8%), HSV-2 DNA in 83 patients (16.7%) and undefined HSV DNA type in 62 patients (12.5%). A total of 379 patients (76.4%) had at least one of the specified characteristics of encephalitis, and we placed these patients into the encephalitis presentation group. The remaining 117 patients (23.6%) had none of these findings, and these patients were placed in the nonencephalitis presentation group. Abnormalities suggestive of encephalitis were detected in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in 83.9% of the patients and in electroencephalography (EEG) in 91.0% of patients in the encephalitis presentation group. In the nonencephalitis presentation group, MRI and EEG data were suggestive of encephalitis in 33.3 and 61.9% of patients, respectively. However, the concomitant use of MRI and EEG indicated encephalitis in 96.3 and 87.5% of the cases with and without encephalitic clinical presentation, respectively. Considering the subtle nature of HME, CSF HSV PCR, EEG and MRI data should be collected for all patients with a central nervous system infection. (C) 2016 European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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2016
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3. Quality of life and related factors among chronic hepatitis B-infected patients: a multi-center study, Turkey

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Ayse Inci, Fatma Yılmaz Karadağ, Pınar Ergen, Saygin Nayman Alpat, Rezan Harman, Ilhami Celik, Filiz Koc, Hakan Erdem, Mehmet Bitirgen, Ilknur Yavuz, Nefise Oztoprak, Ayse Batirel, Banu Cakir, Mustafa Namiduru, Esmeray Mutlu Yilmaz, Kevser Ozdemir, Emsal Aydin, Yasemin Durdu, Kenan Ugurlu, Nevin Ince, Aynur Atilla, Büşra Ergüt Sezer, Emel Aslan, Serpil Erol, Mustafa Hatipoglu, Hatice Udurgucu, Mustafa Sunbul, Ayşe Erbay, Ercan Yenilmez, Hacer Deniz Ozkaya, Yeşim Alpay, Esma Gulesen Eroglu, Mehmet Faruk Geyik, Emine Parlak, Hüseyin Tarakçı, Rodrigo Hasbun, Gunes Senol, Aynur Aynioglu, Ilkay Bozkurt, Necati Örmeci, Recep Tekin, Seher Ayten Coskuner, Gokhan Karaahmetoglu, Ebru Dik, Zehra Karacaer, Suna Seçil Öztürk Deniz, Gulsen Iskender, Selma Tosun, Fatime Korkmaz, Ilker Inanc Balkan, Ergenekon Karagoz, Fatma Sirmatel, Suzan Sacar, Ömer Evirgen, Mustafa Dogan, Ayten Kadanali, Senol Comoglu, Rahmet Guner, Ahmet Şahin, Affan Denk, Elif Tukenmez Tigen, Ceyda Necan, Aliye Bastug, Ahmet Sahin, Cinar Ozturk, Hamdi Sözen, Çiğdem Kader, Mustafa Altindiş, Şafak Kaya, Selçuk Kaya, Mehmet Ulug, Servet Kolgelier, Gül Durmuş, Kamuran Turker, Ahmet Karakaş, Gülden Ersöz, Pinar Korkmaz, Rukiye Pinar Bölüktaş, Fakülteler, Tıp Fakültesi, Dahili Tıp Bilimleri Bölümü, Enfeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Ana Bilim Dalı, Şahin, Ahmet Melih, Karacaer, Zehra, Cakir, Banu, Erdem, Hakan, Ugurlu, Kenan, Durmus, Gul, Ince, Nevin Koc, Ozturk, Cinar, Hasbun, Rodrigo, Batirel, Ayse, Yilmaz, Esmeray Mutlu, Bozkurt, Ilkay, Sunbul, Mustafa, Aynioglu, Aynur, Atilla, Aynur, Erbay, Ayse, Inci, Ayse, Kader, Cigdem, Tigen, Elif Tukenmez, Karaahmetoglu, Gokhan, Coskuner, Seher Ayten, Dik, Ebru, Tarakci, Huseyin, Tosun, Selma, Korkmaz, Fatime, Kolgelier, Servet, Karadag, Fatma Yilmaz, Erol, Serpil, Turker, Kamuran, Necan, Ceyda, Sahin, Ahmet Melih, Ergen, Pinar, Iskender, Gulsen, Korkmaz, Pinar, Eroglu, Esma Gulesen, Durdu, Yasemin, Ulug, Mehmet, Deniz, Suna Secil, Koc, Filiz, Alpat, Saygin Nayman, Oztoprak, Nefise, Evirgen, Omer, Sozen, Hamdi, Dogan, Mustafa, Kaya, Selcuk, Kaya, Safak, Altindis, Mustafa, Aslan, Emel, Tekin, Recep, Sezer, Busra Ergut, Ozdemir, Kevser, Ersoz, Gulden, Sahin, Ahmet, Celik, Ilhami, Aydin, Emsal, Bastug, Aliye, Harman, Rezan, Ozkaya, Hacer Deniz, Parlak, Emine, Yavuz, Ilknur, Sacar, Suzan, Comoglu, Senol, Yenilmez, Ercan, Sirmatel, Fatma, Balkan, Ilker Inanc, Alpay, Yesim, Hatipoglu, Mustafa, Denk, Affan, Senol, Gunes, Bitirgen, Mehmet, Geyik, Mehmet Faruk, Guner, Rahmet, Kadanali, Ayten, Karakas, Ahmet, Namiduru, Mustafa, Udurgucu, Hatice, Boluktas, Rukiye Pinar, Karagoz, Ergenekon, Ormeci, Necati, Karacaer, Z, Cakir, B, Erdem, H, Ugurlu, K, Durmus, G, Ince, NK, Ozturk, C, Hasbun, R, Batirel, A, Yilmaz, EM, Bozkurt, I, Sunbul, M, Aynioglu, A, Atilla, A, Erbay, A, Inci, A, Kader, C, Tigen, ET, Karaahmetoglu, G, Coskuner, SA, Dik, E, Tarakci, H, Tosun, S, Korkmaz, F, Kolgelier, S, Karadag, FY, Erol, S, Turker, K, Necan, C, Sahin, AM, Ergen, P, Iskender, G, Korkmaz, P, Eroglu, EG, Durdu, Y, Ulug, M, Deniz, SS, Koc, F, Alpat, SN, Oztoprak, N, Evirgen, O, Sozen, H, Dogan, M, Kaya, S, Altindis, M, Aslan, E, Tekin, R, Sezer, BE, Ozdemir, K, Ersoz, G, Sahin, A, Celik, I, Aydin, E, Bastug, A, Harman, R, Ozkaya, HD, Parlak, E, Yavuz, I, Sacar, S, Comoglu, S, Yenilmez, E, Sirmatel, F, Balkan, II, Alpay, Y, Hatipoglu, M, Denk, A, Senol, G, Bitirgen, M, Geyik, MF, Guner, R, Kadanali, A, Karakas, A, Namiduru, M, Udurgucu, H, Boluktas, RP, Karagoz, E, Ormeci, N, Sakarya Üniversitesi/Tıp Fakültesi/Temel Tıp Bilimleri Bölümü, Altındiş, Mustafa, Tıp Fakültesi, RTEÜ, Tıp Fakültesi, Dahili Tıp Bilimleri Bölümü, Öztürk, Çınar, MÜ, Tıp Fakültesi, Dahili Tıp Bilimleri Bölümü, Sözen, Hamdi, Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit Üniversitesi, Halk Sağlığı, BAİBÜ, Tıp Fakültesi, Dahili Tıp Bilimleri Bölümü, Sırmatel, Fatma, and OMÜ

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antivirus agent, Male, demography, MARITAL-STATUS, Turkey, Cross-sectional study, IMPACT, Disease, DETERMINANTS, Turkey (republic), 0302 clinical medicine, Quality of life, antiviral therapy, Health Status Indicators, Prospective Studies, 030212 general & internal medicine, Prospective cohort study, The Hepatitis B Quality of Life Instrument, food and beverages, clinical trial, General Medicine, Middle Aged, Hepatitis B, humanities, Chronic hepatitis B infection, Female, 030211 gastroenterology & hepatology, HEALTH, prospective study, Adult, medicine.medical_specialty, Chronic Hepatitis B Infection, quality of life assessment, psychology, Antiviral Agents, Article, Interviews as Topic, 03 medical and health sciences, Hepatitis B, Chronic, Chronic hepatitis, UTILITIES, Internal medicine, medicine, cross-sectional study, Humans, chronic hepatitis B, controlled study, human, Aged, Related factors, business.industry, Research, fungi, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Hepatitis B Quality of Life, interview, medicine.disease, major clinical study, COMORBIDITIES, hepatitis B surface antigen, multicenter study, Cross-Sectional Studies, Health Care Sciences & Services, Short Form 36, Multi center study, Physical therapy, Quality of Life, business, health status indicator
Abstract

WOS: 000386954300001, PubMed: 27809934, Background: The aim of this study was to assess health-related quality of life (HRQOL) among chronic hepatitis B (CHB) patients in Turkey and to study related factors. Methods: This multicenter study was carried out between January 01 and April 15, 2015 in Turkey in 57 centers. Adults were enrolled and studied in three groups. Group 1: Inactive HBsAg carriers, Group 2: CHB patients receiving antiviral therapy, Group 3: CHB patients who were neither receiving antiviral therapy nor were inactive HBsAg carriers. Study data was collected by face-to-face interviews using a standardized questionnaire, Short Form-36 (SF-36) and Hepatitis B Quality of Life (HBQOL). Values equivalent to p < 0.05 in analyses were accepted as statistically significant. Results: Four thousand two hundred fifty-seven patients with CHB were included in the study. Two thousand five hundred fifty-nine (60.1 %) of the patients were males. Groups 1, 2 and 3, consisted of 1529 (35.9 %), 1721 (40.4 %) and 1007 (23.7 %) patients, respectively. The highest value of HRQOL was found in inactive HBsAg carriers. We found that total HBQOL score increased when antiviral treatment was used. However, HRQOL of CHB patients varied according to their socio-demographic properties. Regarding total HBQOL score, a higher significant level of HRQOL was determined in inactive HBV patients when matched controls with the associated factors were provided. Conclusions: 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.

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2016

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