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Overt Hepatic Encephalopathy Experienced by Individuals With Cirrhosis: A Qualitative Interview Study.
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- Rifaximin for prevention and treatment of hepatic encephalopathy in people with cirrhosis.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
- Reducing the Risk of Overt Hepatic Encephalopathy Recurrence: A Narrative Review.Journal of clinical and translational hepatology · 2026Review
- The qEEG-TIPS score: Development of a predictive model for recurrent overt hepatic encephalopathy after elective TIPS.JHEP reports : innovation in hepatology · 2026Article
- Becoming a Different Person: Living with Hepatic Encephalopathy as a Condition in Everyday Life-A Qualitative Explorative Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Hepatic encephalopathy as an indication or contraindication to liver transplant?Metabolic brain disease · 2025Review
- Post-Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt (TIPS) Hepatic Encephalopathy-A Review of the Past Decade's Literature Focusing on Incidence, Risk Factors, and Prophylaxis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
- Identifying opportunities for hepatic encephalopathy self-management: A mixed methods systematic review and synthesis.Canadian liver journal · 2023Article
- Feeling safe or falling through the cracks-Patients' experiences of healthcare in cirrhosis illness: A qualitative study.PloS one · 2023Article
- Hepatic encephalopathy.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2022Review
- Psychological Burden of Hepatic Encephalopathy on Patients and Caregivers.Clinical and translational gastroenterology · 2020Observational
- Role of Exercise in the Management of Hepatic Encephalopathy: Experience From Animal and Human Studies.Journal of clinical and experimental hepatologyReview
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Abstract
Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) markedly reduces an individual's quality of life as measured by established scoring systems. However, the experiences of having HE that can be assumed to cause the loss of quality of life have not yet been examined. This study aimed to explore how individuals with cirrhosis experienced overt HE by means of an in-depth interview with a tailored semistructured interview guide and qualitative analysis. Eight patients with cirrhosis who had clinically recovered from disorientation, somnolence, and stupor due to episodic HE Grade II or III were interviewed. The collected data were analyzed using systematic text condensation, as described by K. . The analysis process identified 4 themes, "multiple losses," "anxiety," "dependence on others," and "social isolation," which described the experiences of HE both during an episode and in recovery. We believe that these findings provide an important contribution to gain a deeper understanding of the widespread loss of quality of life caused by HE. Management of these individuals should involve procedures and attitudes targeted against the described experiences. However, more research is needed about the individuals' experiences of HE to further detail such efforts.
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