Impact of chronic Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP) on health-related quality of life: a conceptual model starting with the patient perspective
Open Access
- 1 January 2008
- journal article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
- Vol. 6 (1), 13
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1477-7525-6-13
Abstract
Immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP), a condition characterized by autoimmune-mediated platelet destruction and suboptimal platelet production, is associated with symptoms such as bruising, epistaxis, menorrhagia, mucosal bleeding from the gastrointestinal and urinary tracts and, rarely central nervous system bleeding. The aim of this research is to develop a conceptual model to describe the impact of ITP and its treatment on patients' health-related quality of life (HRQoL).Keywords
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