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. 2021 Jul-Sep;47(3):353-360.
doi: 10.12865/CHSJ.47.03.04. Epub 2021 Sep 30.

Hepatitis C Virus Infection and the New Therapeutical Approach

Claudia Monica Danilescu  1 , Mihail Cristian Pîrlog  2 , Ion Rogoveanu  3
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Hepatitis C Virus Infection and the New Therapeutical Approach

Claudia Monica Danilescu et al. Curr Health Sci J. 2021 Jul-Sep.

Abstract

Hepatitis C virus represents one of the most important public health problems nowadays. Several epidemiological studies have shown a continuous increasing rate of prevalence and incidence with severe consequences in terms of mortality. During the last decades, the treatment of the liver infection has evolved, and now there are available new therapies with better side-effect' profiles and bigger efficiency. The needs for more therapeutically efficacy also stand behind the numerous comorbidities associated to the liver disease, and also for assuring better quality of life for patients and their families.

Keywords: DAAs therapies; HCV infection; comorbidities; health-related quality of life; interferon.

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Distribution of study sample according to gender and age groups
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Figure 2
Distribution of study sample according to gender and level of perceived stress on the three moments of assessment (χ2(2)=18.33, p<0.0001).
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Distribution of study sample according to gender and presence of depression on the three moments of assessment
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Figure 4
Distribution of study sample according to gender and presence of anxiety on the three moments of assessment
Table 1
Table 1
Distribution of study sample according to gender and the four domains of quality of life expressed through average score of WHOQOL-BREF
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