2204. In HCV-Infected Patients Internalized Stigma but not Experienced Stigma Is Correlated with Psychological State and Health-Related Quality of Life: Baseline Data from the PROP UP Study

摘要

BackgroundChronic viral infections often give rise to stigma, whether experienced from others and society or internalized as feelings of shame or embarrassment. Stigma in turn may influence psychological state and health-related quality of life (HRQOL). Stigma in hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection has been studied qualitatively. However, a quantitative analysis of experienced stigma (ExpSt) and internalized stigma (IntSt) in people with chronic HCV infection has not yet been reported.