Hepatitis C virus eradication with directly acting antivirals improves health-related quality of life and psychological symptoms

Table 3 Neuropsychological tests before and after directly acting antivirals treatment

	Pre DAAs (n = 39)	Post DAAs (n = 39)	P value
TAS-20	49.2 ± 14.2	42.5 ± 12.6	< 0.001
Zung-SDS	41.7 ± 9.3	37.1 ± 8.6	< 0.001
STAI-Y1	39.8 ± 11.9	32.8 ± 7.8	< 0.001
STAI-Y2	41.4 ± 12.2	35.7 ± 9.2	< 0.001

Paired t test, mean ± SD. DAAs: Directly acting antivirals; Zung-SDS: Zung-Self Depression-Rating-Scale; STAI-Y1: Spielberg State-Trait Anxiety Inventory Y1; STAI-Y2: Spielberg State-Trait Anxiety Inventory Y2; TAS-20: Toronto-Alexithymia Scale-20.