Health-related quality of life in Italian patients with narcolepsy: the SF-36 health survey
Sleep MedicinePublished 21 August 2004Open access
Luca Vignatelli, R. D’Alessandro, Paola Mosconi, Luigi Ferini‐Strambi, L. Guidolin, Armando De Vincentiis
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The SF-36 form is a reliable outcome measure for hypersomniac disorders and seriously impacts patients' HRQoL in terms of physical and mental well-being and impairs physical and emotional functions, restricting social life.
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The SF-36 form is a reliable outcome measure for hypersomniac disorders. Narcolepsy seriously impacts patients' HRQoL in terms of physical and mental well-being and impairs physical and emotional functions, restricting social life. EDS is the main symptom determining this impairment. However, disease duration plays a role in counterbalancing this feature, probably by means of adaptation.
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