CORRELATION OF QUALITY OF LIFE IN PATIENTS OF CIRRHOSIS OF LIVER WITH ETIOLOGY AND DISEASE SEVERITY USING DISEASE-SPECIFIC QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE
Abstract
Background: Quality of Life has an important status in patient management suffering fromchronic disease like cirrhosis and health related quality of life has significant impact on patient
management. This study was conducted to evaluate the correlation of health related quality of life
with disease severity in patients of cirrhosis of liver. Methods: This cross-sectional study was
conducted at Medical Unit -IV, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, during the period
January 2006 to October 2006. All patients of cirrhosis of liver admitted during the study period
were selected. Patients with encephalopathy, hepatocellular carcinoma were excluded. The 29 item
chronic liver disease questionnaire (CLDQ) was administered to the patients by a postgraduate
trainee. Internal validity of responses was checked statistically and correlation of responses was
done with disease severity by Child-Pughs Criteria. Results: 109 patients were selected with 72
males and 37 females. Patient classification according to Child class A, B & C was 30, 38 & 41
respectively. The mean CLDQ score in the patients was 89.5 ±30.4. It correlated significantly with
Child Class but did not correlate with the gender, age and etiology of cirrhosis. Conclusion:
Health related CLDQ scores correlate with the severity of liver disease.
Keywords: Cirrhosis; Chronic liver disease; Quality of life; Health quality of life.related
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