Hepatitis C virus eradication with directly acting antivirals improves health-related quality of life and psychological symptoms

Table 2 Health related quality of life domains before and after directly acting antivirals treatment

	Pre DAAs (n = 39)	Post DAAs (n = 39)	P value
Physical functioning	75 ± 27.3	81.9 ± 22.2	0.005
Role limitation physical	68.6 ± 40.4	73.7 ± 36.3	0.35
Bodily pain	63.5 ± 32.2	69.2 ± 27.1	0.19
General health	53.1 ± 21.2	65.9 ± 17.5	< 0.001
Vitality	54.2 ± 20.4	67.2 ± 18,1	< 0.001
Social functioning	66.8 ± 25.4	75.1 ± 20.6	0.03
Role limitation emotional	64.8 ± 39.7	79.4 ± 34.7	0.02
Mental health	60.5 ± 22.2	71.2 ± 18.9	0.002
Physical component summary	62.8 ± 22.7	71.6 ± 21.2	0.002
Mental component summary	59.8 ± 21.9	71.8 ± 19.1	< 0.001

Paired t test, mean ± SD. DAAs: Directly acting antivirals.