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Chronic hepatitis D associated with worse patient-reported outcomes than chronic hepatitis B
JHEP Rep. 2021 Mar 17;3(3):100280. doi: 10.1016/j.jhepr.2021.100280. eCollection 2021 Jun.
Maria Buti12, Maria Stepanova3, Adriana Palom1, Mar Riveiro-Barciela12, Fatema Nader3, Luisa Roade12, Rafael Esteban12, Zobair Younossi45
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1Liver Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus and Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
2Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
3Center for Outcomes Research in Liver Disease, Washington, DC, USA.
4Department of Medicine, Center for Liver Diseases, Inova Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church, VA, USA.
5Betty and Guy Beatty Center for Integrated Research, Inova Health System, Falls Church, VA, USA.
Abstract
Background & aims: Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) determined by patient-reported outcomes (PROs) is impaired in chronic hepatitis B (CHB) and C patients, but there are no data regarding patients with chronic hepatitis D (CHD). The aim of this study was to assess PRO scores in untreated patients with CHD and compare them with those obtained for patients with CHB.
Methods: Patients with CHD completed 3 PRO instruments (Chronic Liver Disease Questionnaire [CLDQ], Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Fatigue [FACIT-F], and Work Productivity and Activity Impairment [WPAI]), and the results were compared with those of patients mono-infected with CHB.
Results: In total, 125 patients were included: 43 with CHD and 82 with CHB. Overall, baseline PROs showed differences between both groups. Several assessments, such as the worry score from CLDQ (p = 0.0118), functional well-being from FACIT-F (p = 0.0281), and activity impairment from WPAI (p = 0.0029) showed a significant trend to worse scores in patients with CHD than with CHB. In addition, the linear regression model supports the finding that having CHD as opposed to having CHB was a predictor of a higher worry score (CLDQ) and a higher activity impairment (WPAI).
Conclusions: In this first assessment in CHD, PROs recorded in patients with CHD showed a significant impairment in some domains of HRQoL questionnaires in comparison with those with CHB. Studies in larger cohorts with lengthier follow-up are needed to fully assess patient-reported quality of life over the course of CHD.
Lay summary: Chronic hepatitis D (CHD) is a viral disease that causes rapid evolution to liver cirrhosis, amongst other severe complications, when compared to patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB). Health-related quality of life in chronic hepatitis C and CHB has been reported widely, but no studies have been performed on patient-reported outcomes in patients with CHD. Results showed that CHD patients reported worse outcomes in psychological domains such as worry and emotional well-being, as well as in physical domains such as abdominal symptoms, physical well-being, and activity impairment in comparison with patients with CHB.