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Fatigue and psychological disorders in chronic hepatitis C by JENNIFER MCDONALD; ROHAN JAYASURIYA; PATRICIA BINDLEY; CRAIG GONSALVEZ; SONJA GLUSESKA is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
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## Abstract **Background and Aim** Most patients with chronic hepatitis C report that they suffer from fatigue. The aim of this study was to determine if the symptom of fatigue can be a guide to indicate disease activity in chronic hepatitis C, or if it is related to psychological factors. **Methods** 115 chronic hepatitis C patients attending a liver clinic at Wollongong Hospital, Wollongong, Australia, were asked to fill out a questionnaire on the functional impact of their fatigue, and a questionnaire on psychological parameters. These were correlated with a history of intravenous drug use, alcohol history, transaminase levels and liver biopsy findings. **Results** Fatigue weakly correlated with the level of fibrosis on the liver biopsy, but strongly correlated with all the psychological domains of depression, anxiety, somatization, interpersonal sensitivity and hostility. **Conclusion** The level of fatigue strongly correlated with all the psychological domains, particularly depression, and not with our measures of disease activity.
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- Author
- JENNIFER MCDONALD; ROHAN JAYASURIYA; PATRICIA BINDLEY; CRAIG GONSALVEZ; SONJA GLUSESKA
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (Blackwell Publishing); Blackwell Publishing Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 0815-9319)
- Published
- 2002
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)