Health-Related Quality of Life in Pituitary Diseases

作者：Crespo Iris; Valassi Elena; Santos Alicia; Webb Susan M^*

来源：Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America, 2015, 44(1): 161-+.

DOI：10.1016/j.ecl.2014.10.013

• Pituitary diseases
• Quality of life
• Cushing syndrome
• Acromegaly
• Prolactinoma
• Nonfunctioning pituitary adenoma
• Hypopituitarism

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.

• 出版日期2015-3