[Quality of life of patients with nonfunctioning pituitary adenoma: a meta-analysis].
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the quality of life (QoL) of patients with nonfunctioning pituitary adenoma (NFPA) after systematic treatment.


METHODS
We searched all published articles involving in the QoL of patients with NFPA on line, and analyzed the results by the Revman5.3 software.


RESULTS
Five studies met the criteria of meta-analysis.The results of meta-analysis wereas follows: Physical function MD=0.76, 95%CI (-4.13, 5.64 ), P=0.76; Physical prole MD=-2.05, 95%CI (-7.41, 3.31), P=0.45; Body pain MD=3.50, 95%CI (1.11, 5.90), P=0.004; General health MD=-7.19, 95%CI (-12.77, -1.61), P=0.01; Vatility MD=-3.48, 95%CI (-7.39, 0.43), P=0.08; Social function MD=-4.64, 95%CI (-6.99, -2.38), P<0.000 1; Mental health MD=-0.05, 95%CI (-2.30, 2.20), P=0.96; Role emotion MD=-5.08, 95%CI (-8.20, -1.91), P=0.002.


CONCLUSIONS
This meta-analysisindicated thatthe QoL of patients with NFPA was damaged on the dimensions of general health, social function and role emotion.The dimension of physical painin patients with NFPA was better than that in general population, and there was no difference between other health dimensions.
Department of Neurosurgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325000, China.
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D000236:Adenoma / Q000523:psychology*; D004644:Emotions; D006801:Humans; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology*; D011788:Quality of Life