Pruritus and health-related quality of life in chronic liver disease: a longitudinal, survey-based cohort study
Our study highlights the burden of pruritus experienced by participants across CLDs, highlighting a need to improve symptom recognition and treatments focused on improving HRQoL.
Authors
- Eleanor McDermott (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6302-4171)
- Kristen McCausland (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4727-1046)
- Gideon M. Hirschfield (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6736-2255)
- Jacob N. Hunnicutt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2768-0272)
- Ashleigh McGirr (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5570-8837)
- Andrew Lovley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9118-0673)
- Monica Frazer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4125-9310)
- Palak Trivedi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4009-8087)
- Kaitlin LaGasse (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9772-5822)
- Usha Gungabissoon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2040-1763)
- Mark Kosinski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0563-5542)
- Helen T. Smith (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9321-5833)
Institutions
- United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (US)
- University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Age UK (GB)
- Toronto General Hospital (CA)
- NIHR Birmingham Liver Biomedical Research Unit (GB)
- Centre for Innovation in Regulatory Science (GB)
- GlaxoSmithKline (Canada) (CA)
- Health Economics and Outcomes Research (United Kingdom) (GB)
- Massachusetts Health Quality Partners (US)
- NIHR Birmingham Biomedical Research Centre (GB)
- University of Birmingham (GB)
- Global University (LB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Open Gastroenterology
- Published
- 2025-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgast-2025-001809
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Dermatology and Skin Diseases
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.00