A HEALTH RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE AND PSYCHOPATHOLOGICAL SYMPTOMS IN PEOPLE WITH HEMOPHILIA, BLOODBORNE CO-INFECTIONS AND COMORBIDITIES: AN ITALIAN MULTICENTER OBSERVATIONAL STUDY PSYCHOLOGICAL DINAMICS OF A GROUP OF ITALIAN HEMOPHILIACS WITH AND WITHOUT (CO)INFECTIONS AND COMORBIDITIES: A MULTICENTER STUDY

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Mario Schiavoni
CARLO PRUNETI
SARA GUIDOTTI
ALESSANDRA MOSCATELLO
FRANCESCA GIORDANO
ANTONELLA COLUCCIA
RITA CARLOTTA SANTORO
MARIA FRANCESCA MANSUETO
EZIO ZANON
RENATO MARINO
ISABELLA CANTORI
RAIMONDO DE CRISTOFARO

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Background: The health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of people with hemophilia (PWH) is an important issue, especially considering people suffering from chronic diseases beyond hemophilia. The principal aim of this study was to investigate the presence and relevance of psychological symptoms, both internalizing and externalizing, lifestyle, and HRQoL in a group of Italian PWH with chronic bloodborne co-infections and comorbidities. Furthermore, the research describes the association between psychological aspects and the impact of disease-related characteristics (type of hemophilia, presence of co-infections, and comorbidities) on them.


Methods: Seventy patients (mean age 46.77±11.3), 64 with severe hemophilia A (Factor VIII: C < 1 IU/dL) and 6 with severe hemophilia B (Factor IX <1 IU/dL), were consecutively recruited from seven Hemophilia Centers in Italy of Italian Association of Hemophilia Centers (AICE). In order to assess psychological symptoms, HRQoL, and lifestyle, three psychological questionnaires were administered (the SCL-90-R, SF-36, and PSQ, respectively).


Results: A general decline in the quality of life and an increase in the tendency to adopt a lifestyle characterized by hyperactivity emerged. Inverse correlations were found between HRQoL and psychological distress. Although the SCL-90-R did not reveal symptoms above the clinical cut-off, co-infections significantly increased anxiety, depression, somatizations, paranoia, and social withdrawal. Lastly, HRQoL is impaired by co-infections as well as comorbidities.


Conclusion: Our preliminary results must be confirmed to deepen the findings between mental health and hemophilia.

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