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LOS ANGELES, July 12 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers measured the effect of hepatitis B on patients' quality of life and created a new tool to better assess patients' overall well-being.
"Our results revealed that to effectively treat hepatitis B patients, clinicians need to consider the social and psychological impact of the disease, as well as biological functioning," principal investigator Dr. Brennan M.R. Spiegel of the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California at Los Angeles said in a statement.
"We were shocked to find that for many hepatitis B patients without advanced liver disease, the psychosocial impact of the disease affected their lives more than the physical symptoms."
The questionnaire measures quality of life on several levels, including psychological well-being, anxiety, vitality, disease stigma, vulnerability and transmissibility, according to the study published in the journal Hepatology.
Chronic hepatitis B affects 350 million people worldwide.
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