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Higher levels of supportive care needs are linked to higher health service use and cost, poor quality of life, and high distress in patients with cirrhosis in Queensland, Australia by Patricia C. Valery; Katherine A. Stuart; Christina M. Bernardes; Gunter Hartel; Cathy Martin; Louisa Gordon; Elizabeth E. Powell is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.

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## Background: Australians with cirrhosis have significant practical and psychosocial needs. This longitudinal study examined the association between supportive care needs and health service use and costs, and patient outcomes from June 2017 to December 2018. ## Methods: The Supportive Needs Assessment tool for Cirrhosis (SNAC), quality of life (Chronic Liver Disease Questionnaire and Short Form 36), and distress (distress thermometer) were self-reported through an interview at recruitment (n=433). Clinical data were obtained from medical records and through linkage, and health service use and costs through linkage. Patients were grouped as by needs status. Rates of hospital admissions (per person days at risk) and costs were assessed by needs status [incidence rate ratios (IRR), Poisson regression]. Multivariable linear regression was used to assess the differences in SNAC scores by quality of life and distress. Multivariable models included Child-Pugh class, age, sex, recruitment hospital, living arrangements, place of residence, comorbidity burden, and primary liver disease etiology. ## Results: In adjusted analyses, compared with patients with low/no needs, patients with unmet

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Author

Patricia C. Valery; Katherine A. Stuart; Christina M. Bernardes; Gunter Hartel; Cathy Martin; Louisa Gordon; Elizabeth E. Powell

Publisher

Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)

Published

2023

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)