BACKGROUND: Perceived Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) is @entity27 ( @entity27 ). To our knowledge, no study has analyzed the effect of @entity27 diagnosis communication on HRQoL. We evaluated self-perceived HRQoL in @entity1 afferent to our sleep center, in order to examine the effect of the diagnosis disclosure on their HRQoL. METHODS: Two hundred ninety-seven consecutive outpatients (227 M) (mean age 54.1        11.6 yrs, range 23-80 yrs) were evaluated, before first clinical visit and nocturnal diagnostic examination (Time A), and after diagnosis disclosure (Time B), with two self-reported questionnaires for HRQoL assessment: Psychological General Well-Being Index (PGWBI), consisting of @entity148 , @entity308 mood, positive well-being, self-control, general health, vitality subscales, and 12-Item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-12), comprising Physical (PCS) and @entity1032 ( @entity1032 ). RESULTS: Comparison of mean HRQoL scores at Time A with reference values, showed worse scores. Mean PGWBI Total and subscales scores improved at Time B. Similar improvement was observed for SF-12 @entity1032 (p   =   0.0148), but nor for SF-12 PCS. At Time B, @entity148 , @entity308 and Well-being PGWBI subscales became similar to reference values, while the scores in the other PGWBI subscales and SF-12 remained worse. Comparison between males and females showed higher HRQoL values for males at both times. Score changes were independent from age, gender, BMI, AHI, TSat90 and excessive @entity25 . CONCLUSIONS: Diagnosis communication improves @entity1 ' HRQoL, regardless of the severity. Changes in HRQoL after diagnosis disclosure may be due to @entity1 ' motivation for medical check and diagnostic expectations.

Effect of XXXX diagnosis on health related quality of life.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity1032 :: ('MESH:D008607', 'Disease') :: ['Mental Component Summaries', 'MCS'] @entity308 :: ('MESH:D003866', 'Disease') :: ['Depression', 'depressed'] @entity27 :: ('MESH:D020181', 'Disease') :: ['impaired in obstructive sleep apnea', 'OSA'] @entity148 :: ('MESH:D001008', 'Disease') :: ['Anxiety', 'anxiety'] @entity25 :: ('MESH:D012893', 'Disease') :: ['daytime sleepiness']
@entity27 :: (MESH:D020181,Disease) :: ['obstructive sleep apnea']
