Evaluation on Quality of Life and Analysis on Its Correlation with TCM Syndromes in Patients of Chronic Hepatitis B

• 来源期刊: 中国结合医学杂志（英文版）
• 年，卷（期）: 2009,（1）
• 页码范围: 30-33
• 页数: 4页
• 语种: 英文
• DOI: 10.1007/s11655-009-0030-z

摘要

Objective: To evaluate the quality of life (QOL) in patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) and analyze its correlation with traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) syndrome types. Methods: With cross-sectional investigation adopted, the QOL of 335 CHB patients was studied by the World Health Organization Quality of Life BREF Questionnaire (WHOQOL-BREF) and the chronic liver disease questionnaire (CLDQ). The results was compared with that of 30 healthy persons. Results: The QOL of the patients with chronic hepatitis B was lower than the healthy persons with significant difference between them (P<0.01). Also it was different in patients of different TCM syndrome types (P<0.05 or P<0.01). The lowest QOL was shown in patients of the blood-stasis patients is lower than of healthy persons and closely correlated with TCM syndrome types.