Patient education improves adherence to peg-interferon and ribavirin in chronic genotype 2 or 3 hepatitis C virus infection: A prospective, real-life, observational study
Author(s) -
P. Cacoub,
Denis Ouzan,
P. Mélin,
Jean-Philippe Lang,
Michel Rotily,
Thierry Fontanges,
Marina Varastet,
M Chousterman,
Patrick Marcellin
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.14.6195
Subject(s) - ribavirin , medicine , odds ratio , gastroenterology , prospective cohort study , genotype , pegylated interferon , hepatitis c , hepatitis c virus , immunology , virus , biology , biochemistry , gene
To evaluate the impact of therapeutic education on adherence to antiviral treatment and sustained virological response (SVR) in a real-life setting in genotype 2/3 hepatitis C, as there are few adherence data in genotype 2/3 infection, even from randomized trials.
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