Validation of the chronic liver disease questionnaire in Serbian patients

Table 4 Distribution of chronic liver disease questionnaire-S score/sub-score according disease severity

	n	Abdominal symptoms	Fatigue	Systemic symptoms	Activity	Emotional function	Worry	Total score
Non cirrhotic	23	5.37 ± 1.391	4.81 ± 1.381	5.54 ± 1.14	4.80 ± 1.32	4.40 ± 1.52	4.23 ± 1.54	4.86 ± 1.05
Child's class A	25	5.08 ± 1.651	4.35 ± 1.30	5.34 ± 1.38	4.40 ± 1.39	4.62 ± 1.31	4.36 ± 1.70	4.69 ± 1.22
Child's class B	30	4.88 ± 1.581	4.18 ± 1.51	5.25 ± 1.34	4.37 ± 1.59	4.77 ± 1.30	4.27 ± 1.61	4.63 ± 1.17
Child's class C	25	3.68 ± 1.46	3.52 ± 1.45	4.95 ± 0.992	4.40 ± 1.37	4.60 ± 1.24	4.09 ± 1.65	4.31 ± 0.97
P value3		0.001	0.021	0.442	0.68	0.808	0.952	0.402

¹Significantly better score compared with “cirrhosis Child's C” score (post hoc analysis);

²For domain “systemic symptoms” (n = 23);

³P value for Analysis of variance.