Monday, December 27, 2010

Hepatitis b patient surveys show: 50% of patients on treatment expectations too high

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[/]: The second hepatitis b patients recently published its findings. Results indicate that hepatitis b patients on therapy and antiviral treatment course expectations too high. Over 50% of the patients want treatment complete cure of HBV, only 34% of patients do not have to interrupt treatment, nearly 90% of patients have expressed the desire for the predictable effect.

The hepatitis prevention Foundation of China, Beijing Bayer, jointly launched "let hepatitis b patients fully understand treatment" online survey, a total of 858 000 hepatitis b patients to fill in a valid questionnaires.

Survey shows that have not been 52.5% of patients to recognize the significance of antiviral therapy, 53.5% of patients treated with radical cure hope HBV. According to reports, in patients with chronic hepatitis b e Antigen positive in the majority of patients. For their part, most realistic treatment goal is to achieve the "double standards", namely achieving negative HBV DNA and serum e Antigen, but knows the right answer in less than 1/4, and participate in the survey of nearly 3/4 of patients have a college education.

The survey found that nearly 85% of respondents want to know about the course of treatment. In undergoing antiretroviral therapy in patients with hepatitis b, hepatitis b treatment recognized cannot be casually withdrawal of only 50%, 66% of patients had to interrupt treatment.

Academician, Professor, Peking University Zhuang Hui, for patients on treatment and therapeutic effect of too high expectations that our country should draw on current international latest "4P medical management mode" that emphasizes preventive, predictive, personalized, and patient education.

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