Health-related quality of life in pituitary diseases.
In the last 15 years, worse health-related quality of life (QoL) has been reported in patients with pituitary diseases compared with healthy individuals. Different QoL questionnaires have shown incomplete physical and psychological recovery after therapy. Residual impairments often affect QoL even long-term after successful treatment of pituitary adenomas. In this article, knowledge of factors that affect QoL in pituitary diseases is reviewed. The focus is on 5 pituitary diseases: Cushing syndrome, acromegaly, prolactinomas, nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas, and hypopituitarism.
Department of Endocrinology, Hospital Sant Pau, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBER-ER, Unidad 747), IIB-Sant Pau, ISCIII, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), C/Sant Antoni Maria Claret, n. 167, Barcelona 08025, Spain; Department of Medicine, Hospital Sant Pau, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBER-ER, Unidad 747), IIB-Sant Pau, ISCIII, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), C/Sant Antoni Maria Claret, n. 167, Barcelona 08025, Spain.
Iris
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Crespo
Department of Endocrinology, Hospital Sant Pau, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBER-ER, Unidad 747), IIB-Sant Pau, ISCIII, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), C/Sant Antoni Maria Claret, n. 167, Barcelona 08025, Spain; Department of Medicine, Hospital Sant Pau, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBER-ER, Unidad 747), IIB-Sant Pau, ISCIII, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), C/Sant Antoni Maria Claret, n. 167, Barcelona 08025, Spain.
Elena
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Valassi
Department of Endocrinology, Hospital Sant Pau, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBER-ER, Unidad 747), IIB-Sant Pau, ISCIII, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), C/Sant Antoni Maria Claret, n. 167, Barcelona 08025, Spain; Department of Medicine, Hospital Sant Pau, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBER-ER, Unidad 747), IIB-Sant Pau, ISCIII, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), C/Sant Antoni Maria Claret, n. 167, Barcelona 08025, Spain.
Alicia
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Santos
Department of Endocrinology, Hospital Sant Pau, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBER-ER, Unidad 747), IIB-Sant Pau, ISCIII, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), C/Sant Antoni Maria Claret, n. 167, Barcelona 08025, Spain; Department of Medicine, Hospital Sant Pau, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBER-ER, Unidad 747), IIB-Sant Pau, ISCIII, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), C/Sant Antoni Maria Claret, n. 167, Barcelona 08025, Spain. Electronic address: swebb@santpau.cat.
Susan M
SM
Webb
D006801:Humans; D010900:Pituitary Diseases / Q000523:psychology; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology
Acromegaly; Cushing syndrome; Hypopituitarism; Nonfunctioning pituitary adenoma; Pituitary diseases; Prolactinoma; Quality of life