Social support and health-related quality of life among Hepatitis C

• Main Authors: Zainulabid, Ummu Afeera, Md Jalil, Muhammad Ateeq, Jaafar, Khairul Azhar, M I, Mohamad Shafiq, M Yunus, Raudah
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English; English; English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: RC Internal medicine; RC111 Infectious and Parasitic Diseases; RC803 Specialties of Internal Medicine-Diseases of The Digestive System. Gastroenterology
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/91551/1/91551_Social%20support%20and%20health-related%20quality.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/91551/2/91551_Social%20support%20and%20health-related%20quality_poster.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/91551/3/91551_Social%20support%20and%20health-related%20quality_acceptance%20abstract.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/91551/

Background: Hepatitis C is one of the most common causes of liver disease worldwide. Health impacts of hepatitis C are not limited to physical morbidity but include psychosocial dimensions such as quality of life (QOL), depression, anxiety, and stigmatization. In Malaysia, modifiable factors that ca...