COVID-19 emergency: Changes in quality of life perception in patients with chronic liver disease-An Italian single-centre study

Table 3 Questionnaire and answers

Questions	Patients’ answer “YES” number (%)	Patients’ answer “NO” number (%)
1 Are you aware that the novel coronavirus is transmitted to people?	76 (93.8)	5 (6.2)
2 Are you aware that symptoms including fever, cough, and breathing difficulties are signs of alarm?	76 (93.8)	5 (6.2)
3 Are you aware that people with chronic liver disease are at higher risk of developing a severe form of the disease?	69 (85)	12 (15)
4 Are you aware that when you go out, you always have to use personal protective equipment such as masks and gloves?	77 (95)	4 (5)
5 Do you always respect prevention and protection measures such as social distancing?	60 (74)	21 (26)
6 Do you use adequate hygiene measures such as frequently washing your hands?	60 (74)	21 (26)
7 During this period, did you need to contact your general physician for your liver disease?	12 (15%)	69 (85)
8 If you answered yes, did you have difficulty in contacting him/her?	11 (91.7)1	1 (8.3)
9 During this period, did you need to contact a Gastroenterologist specialist for your liver disease?	12 (15%)	69 (85)
10 If you answered yes, did you have difficulty in contacting him/her?	8 (67%)2	4 (33.3)
11 Have you received more detailed information about the management of your therapy?	5 (15.6)	27 (84.4)
12 Do you know that immunosuppressed patients are more at risk of getting severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2-infection?	29 (90.6%)	3 (9.4%)
13 Have you thought about modifying your immunosuppressive therapy on your own?	9 (28.2%)	23 (71.8%)
14 Did you manage to perform the six-month follow-up ultrasound for hepatocellular carcinoma surveillance?	29 (60%)3	20 (40%)

¹Data refer to the number of patients answering positively to question 7.

²Data refer to the number of patients answering positively to question 9.

³Data refer to the number of patients who were scheduled to undergo liver ultrasound during lockdown timeframe.

Data are expressed as number (%).