Change in Health-Related Quality of Life in Youth with Chronic Hepatitis B Living in North America: A 5-Year Cohort Study
Sarah Jane Schwarzenberg,
Wendy C. King,
Simon C. Ling
et al.
Abstract:Background:
Greater hepatitis-related symptomology is associated with lower health-related quality-of-life (HRQoL) among untreated youth with chronic hepatitis B (CHB). How HRQoL changes over time in this population is unknown.
Methods:
Children from 7 hepatology centers in North America positive for hepatitis B surface antigen, not taking anti-viral therapy, were enrolled in the Hepatitis B Research Network (HBRN). A validated self-report HRQoL measure… Show more
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