Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: Acromegaly has an important impact on health-related quality of life. The aim of study was to ascertain the quality of life of patients with uncontrolled vs controlled acromegaly and compared to those with non-functioning adenomas and healthy control group.Methods: 124 participants underwent a cross-sectional assessment including the quality of life (AcroQoL, WHOQoL BREF), psychiatric morbidity (GHQ-28) and acceptance of illness (AIS). The sam...

Objective: The cross-sectional study was designed to assess the psychosocial profiles of patients with acromegaly and with non-functioning adenomas in correlation with the severity of the diseases.Methods: Forty-one patients with acromegaly and thirty-one with non-functioning adenomas underwent a cross-sectional assessment regarding their socio-demographic and medical profiles, including the quality of life, psychiatric morbidity, and acceptance of illne...