Living with Hepatitis C Virus: A Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis of Qualitative Literature

Table 1

Inclusion and exclusion criteria for systematic review of patient experiences with HCV.

Inclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria

(i) Women or men diagnosed with HCV Virus; (ii) Report on experience living with HCV from the patients perspective; (iii) Original qualitative research; (iv) Full-text available; (v) Adult participants

(i) Individuals included in the study who do not have Hepatitis C; (ii) Patient perspective; (iii) Did not report experience living with HCV from the patients perspective; (iv) Inclusion of participants under 18 years old; (v) Physician accounts of patient experience; (vi) Experience of treatment with peg-interferon medication; (vii) Abstracts or posters (with no full-text available); (viii) Case studies, reviews, meta-analyses; (ix) Quantitative study designs