What is it about?
We assessed health related quality of life in voluntary blood donors, unaware of their hepatitis B or C status, at first donation, and compare it with that of a matched-pair control group of healthy blood donors.
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Why is it important?
The poorer quality of life found among blood donors who were unaware of their hepatitis C carrier status in this study strengthen the theory of a direct viral role of hepatitis C virus in health related quality of life impairment.
Perspectives
We found a remarkable decrease in health related quaility of life among HCV-positive blood donors unaware of their condition. This strongly suggests that the virus itself, even in early states of disease, is implicated in health related quality of life impairment.
Dr Cesar de Almeida-Neto
Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo
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This page is a summary of: Altered quality of life in the early stages of chronic hepatitis C is due to the virus itself, Clinics and Research in Hepatology and Gastroenterology, February 2014, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinre.2013.08.008.
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