Progress in research of life quality of patients with liver cirrhosis and related factors

Liver cirrhosis is a common consequence of chronic liver disease characterized by liver dysfunction and portal hypertension. The serious complications including gastrointestinal bleeding, hepatic encephalopathy and secondary infections often occur in end-stage patients, resulting in the significant worse of patients life quality.This paper summarize the research of the life quality of liver cirrhosis patients with different causes and related factors.