Pruritus is associated with severely impaired quality of life in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis.

Objectives: Quality of life, fundamental to the individual patient, has shown a lack of correlation with severity in research on several diseases. Thus, we aimed to identify factors associated with quality of life in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis.

Methods: The Short Form Health Survey and the Patient Health Questionnaire were used to assess quality of life and depression.