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Quality of life of hemophiliac
patients and satisfaction with their
prophylactic treatment in Colombia
Calidad de vida de los pacientes hemofílicos y satisfacción con su tratamiento profiláctico en Colombia

    Antistio Alviz-Amador1*,     Arnulfo Tarón-Dunoyer2,      Antonio Díaz-Caballero3
1
  Pharmaceutical Chemist, University of Cartagena. MSc Pharmacology, University of Cartagena. Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences, University of Cartagena.
Auxiliar Professor Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Cartagena, Health Campus. Leader of Pharmacology and therapeutics research group.
Cartagena, Colombia
2
  Pharmaceutical chemist. Master in Science and Technology of Biotechnological Processes, Havana University. Titular Professor, University of Cartagena,
Colombia..

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3
  Dentist, University of Cartagena. Periodontics Specialist, Javeriana University, Bogotá. Master in Education, Universidad Del Norte, Barranquilla. Ph.D. in
Biomedical Sciences, University of Cartagena. Titular Professor, University of Cartagena. Leader of GITOUC research group.
Corresponding author: Antistio Alviz-Amador. Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Cartagena, Health Campus. Postal Code: 130015. E-mail:

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aalviza@unicartagena.edu.co
Received/Recibido: 09/25/2021 Accepted/Aceptado: 10/15/2021 Published/Publicado: 12/12/2021 DOI: http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5834683

Abstract                                                                        Resumen

Background: Hemophilia is an X-linked congenital bleed-                         Antecedentes: la hemofilia es un trastorno hemorrágico congé-
ing disorder caused by a deficiency of coagulation factors. By                  nito ligado al cromosoma X causado por una deficiencia de fac-
which the therapy with recombinant and factors coagulation                      tores de coagulación. Por lo que la terapia con recombinantes y
protein is necessary all life. This causes both physical and psy-               factores de proteína de coagulación es necesaria durante toda la
chosocial changes that affect the quality of life. The objective of             vida. Esto provoca cambios tanto físicos como psicosociales que
this research was to determine the association between quality                  afectan la calidad de vida. El objetivo de esta investigación fue
of life, treatment satisfaction, and clinical severity of vulnerable            determinar la asociación entre la calidad de vida, la satisfacción
hemophiliac patients of Cartagena-Colombia. Methods: An ob-                     con el tratamiento y la gravedad clínica de los pacientes hemofí-
servational study was conducted by reviewing medical records                    licos vulnerables de Cartagena-Colombia. Métodos: Se realizó un
of hemophiliacs. Quality of Life (QoL) Questionnaire Hemophilia                 estudio observacional mediante la revisión de historias clínicas
Mexico and treatment satisfaction (TS) questionnaires were                      de hemofílicos. Cuestionario de Calidad de Vida (QoL) Hemofilia
                                                                                                                                                                          895
applied to patients with Hemophilia in Cartagena-Colombia.                      México y cuestionarios de satisfacción con el tratamiento (TS) se
Associations between QoL and clinical severity and bivariate                    aplicaron a pacientes con Hemofilia en Cartagena-Colombia. Se
correlations between QoL and TS were assessed. Results: 29                      evaluaron las asociaciones entre la CdV y la gravedad clínica y
hemophiliac patients between 1 and 60 years old were evalu-                     las correlaciones bivariadas entre la CdV y el ST. Resultados: se
ated. 80% of patients were classified with moderate and severe                  evaluaron 29 pacientes hemofílicos entre 1 y 60 años. El 80% de
hemophilia. 76% of individuals presented high QoL and 24%                       los pacientes se clasificaron con hemofilia moderada y grave. El
an average QoL; low QoL dimensions were: Knowledge about                        76% de los individuos presentó CV alta y el 24% una CV media;
the disease, risks, physical discomforts, emotional aspects, and                Las dimensiones de baja CV fueron: Conocimiento sobre la en-
school or work absenteeism. TS was high, with results of 5.74                   fermedad, riesgos, malestares físicos, aspectos emocionales y ab-
± 0.06 (0-6 scale). There were correlations between some vari-                  sentismo escolar o laboral. TS fue alto, con resultados de 5,74 ±
ables of TS with values of R2> 0.1, p  0.1, p
Introduction                                                          less than 1%) from Cartagena were included, they had to sign
                                                                            previous informed consent.
      Hemophilia is an X-linked congenital bleeding disor-
      der caused by a deficiency of coagulation factor VIII (FVIII)         Exclusion criteria: patients with a bleeding disorder other than
      (Hemophilia A) or coagulation factor IX (FIX) (Hemophil-              hemophilia, with psychotic disorders, and who did not agree to
      ia B)1,2. The deficiency is the result of mutations of the            take part in the study.
      respective clotting factor genes, it is considered a rare disease
      that has a frequency of approximately one case in 10.0003. Ac-        Quality of life of patients with Hemophilia
      cording to annual surveys from the World Federation of He-            The authors applied a specific questionnaire QoLHMex for he-
      mophilia (WFH), approximately 400,000 subjects are living with        mophiliac patients. This instrument was developed by Dr. Osorio
      hemophilia worldwide, as for Colombia, in agreement with the          is made up of 63 reagents with different subscripts, for a total
      high-cost account report, there are 1834 Hemophiliac patients.        of 162 items, with two response options (Yes or No) and has 13
      According to this baseline, a prevalence of 0.88 /10,000 affili-      dimensions: Concentration, Self-esteem, Family Support, Activ-
      ated males and 0.75 /10,000 male births was defined4.                 ity Level, Knowledge about the Disease, Risks, Physical Disor-
                                                                            ders, Feelings about the Disease, Social Area, Emotional Area,
      90% of severe HA or HB develop internal bleeding episodes             Future, Truancy, and Joint Problems19.
      into muscles or joints and usually begin at an early age3,5–12. The
      clinical manifestation of hemophilia is hemorrhage, it normally       Psychologist Maricela Osorio Guzmán Ph.D. provided the test,
      affects joints and muscles in the lower and upper limbs, internal     and a group of experts where Dr. Osorio Guzmán, author of
      bleedings of digestive and urinary systems are also common, in        questionnaire and psychology professionals validated it to Co-
      like manner but less frequent, Central Nervous System (CNS)           lombian patients with hemophilia15,20.
      can be affected, this being the most severe bleeding, and the
                                                                            Patient satisfaction with pharmacological treatment
      one that generates greater morbidity and mortality3,8,12–14.
                                                                            The ESTAR satisfaction questionnaire for HIV patients that was
      Diagnosis and treatment of hemophilia is a complex process,           adapted to Hemophilia was used to determine TS of patients
      this condition goes hand in hand with both physical and psy-          with prophylactic replacement therapy, experts and a consis-
      chosocial disorders that affect the Quality of Life (QoL) of the      tency analysis using Cronbach’s Alpha validated it21,22.
      patients. According to some authors such as Sarmiento et al.
                                                                            Statistical analysis
      (2006), the consequences and complications of hemophilia
                                                                            Statistical analysis included descriptive statistics for demograph-
      result from inappropriate management with treatment with
                                                                            ic, clinical, QoL, and TS data. Between QoL and TS data, Bivari-
      clotting factors that lack quality, quantity, and biological safe-
                                                                            ate Pearson correlations were performed, accepting as P value
      ty (since they may cause inhibitors or antibodies and may not
Quality of life                                                         Satisfaction with pharmacological treatment
76% of patients presented a high QoL and the remaining 24%              Table 2 shows TS values. It can be seen that the dimension satis-
an average QoL. These outcomes are similar to those presented           faction with antihemophilic treatment was 5.6 ± 0.21 on a scale
by Osorio et al. in 2013, where 67% of patients had an average          of 0 to 6, reflecting great satisfaction, with 90% of patients in
or high QoL15.                                                          six and only 0.03% in zero. The highest evaluated dimension
                                                                        was satisfaction with continuing treatment, which achieved an
Table 1 summarizes the main data, showing that patients pre-            average of 5.90 ± 0.07, reflecting satisfaction with following up
sented lower QoL perception on the following dimensions:                on medication, in this case as in the aforementioned, 90% of
knowledge about disease (5), physical discomforts (7), emo-             patients were in six and 0.03% in zero.
tional aspects (10), and school or work absenteeism (12).
                                                                        The lowest dimension was satisfaction with how antihemophilic
Table 1. Quality of Life: QoLHMeX Questionnaire                         treatment adapts to your lifestyle, which obtained an average
                                                                        value of 5.50±0.16 thus getting a ceiling effect of 90% patients
QoL dimensions                     QoL level   frequency   percentage
                                                                        in six and only 0.03% in zero.
                                     High         24          83
1) Concentration                   Average        5           17         Table 2. Condensed data on satisfaction with antihemophilic treat-

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                                     Low          0            0         ment, adapted from the ESTAR study
                                     High         23          79                                                                        Floor effect Ceiling effect
                                                                         Dimensions                         rank     N Mean ± ESM
                                                                                                                                         (% minV)     (% maxV)
(2) Self-steem                     Average        6           21

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                                     Low          0            0          A. Satisfaction with
                                                                             antihemophilic                 0a6      29 5.60 ± 0.21         0.03             90
                                     High         14          48
                                                                             treatment
(3) Family support                 Average        15          52
                                     Low          0            0         B. satisfaction with
                                                                         antihemophilic treatment           0a6      29 5.80 ± 0.14         0.03             90
                                     High         25          86
                                                                         efficacy
(4) Activity level                 Average        4           14
                                     Low          0            0         C. Satisfaction with side
                                                                                                            0a6      29 5.90 ± 0.10         0.03             90
                                                                         effects of antihemophilics
                                     High         23          79
(5) Knowledge about the disease    Average        5           17         D. Satisfaction with
                                                                                                            0a6      29 5.80 ± 0.10         0.03             90
                                     Low          1            3         treatment requirements

                                     High         13          45         E. Satisfaction with
                                                                                                            0a6      29 5.70 ± 0.18         0.03             90
                                                                         treatment comfort
(6)  Risks                         Average        15          52
                                     Low          1            3         F. Satisfaction with disease
                                                                                                            0a6      29 5.70 ± 0.11         0.03             90
                                     High         6           21         knowledge

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(7) Physical discomforts           Average        22          76         G. Satisfaction with how
                                     Low          1            3         antihemophilic treatment           0a6      29 5.50 ± 0.16         0.03             90
                                                                         adapts to your lifestyle
                                     High         2            7
(8) Feelings about the disease     Average        27          93         H. Satisfaction with
                                                                                                            0a6      29 5.90 ± 0.07         0.03             90            897
                                                                         continuing treatment
                                     Low          0            0
                                     High         22          76         Mean                               0a6      29 5.70 ± 0.06

(9) Social aspects                 Average        7           24        Typified Dimensions from A to H
                                     Low          0            0
                                     High         14          48
(10) Emotional aspects             Average        13          45        Associations between dimensions and questionnaires
                                     Low          2            7        Table 3 presents results from bivariate Pearson correlations be-
                                     High         29          100       tween dimension data obtained from the QoLHMex test. Each
 (11) Future                       Average        0            0        dimension was assigned a number from 1 to 13.
                                     Low          0            0
                                     High         5           17         Table 3. Pearson’s bivariate correlation between data from QOL-
                                                                         Mex test dimensions.
 (12) School or work absenteeism   Average        21          72
                                                                                  (1)       (3)       (4)      (5)       (6)      (7)       (9)     (10)       (13)
                                     Low          3           10
                                                                          (2) 0.498**                        0.398**
                                     High         21          72          (5)                                          0.375* -0.567**             -0.412*
(13) Joint problems                Average        8           28         (13)                                                  0.372*              0.412*
                                     Low          0            0         QoL
                                                                                         0.464* 0.469*                          0.503* 0.446* 0.447* 0.666***
                                                                         total
                                     High         22          76
                                                                        *. Correlation is significant at 0.05 level (bilateral). **. Correlation is significant at
Total                              Average        7           24        0.01 level (bilateral).
                                     Low          0            0

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Numbers are dimensions typified in QoL-MeX questionnaire (1                                        Statement of principal findings
      to 13), see Table 1.                                                                               In relation to QoL perception, these results represent the first
                                                                                                         data in Colombia where QoL is correlated with clinical variables
      Table 4 shows the results of Pearson’s bivariate correlation                                       and TS in hemophiliacs, which constitutes the main findings
      between data from the TS test and some dimensions of the                                           of this study. Dimensions where patients presented lower QoL,
      QoLHMex Test.                                                                                      were: knowledge about the disease, physical discomforts, emo-
                                                                                                         tional aspects, and school or work absenteeism, which is justi-
       Table 4. Correlation between dimensions of QoL-MEX test vs TS
       test                                                                                              fied, considering that are patients with moderate-to-severe he-
                                                                                                         mophilia who consume prophylactic treatment with factor con-
        Dimensions         (1)               (2)           (6)           (7)            (12)
                                                                                                         centrates. It is noteworthy that out of 7 patients with average
       D.                                                                0.406*
                                                                                                         QoL perception all were adults, similar results to those reported
       E.                                                                -0.368*               -0.391*
                                                                                                         by Dekoven et al. in 2012, who through a specific questionnaire
       F.                                    0.,407*
       G.                                                  -0.407*
                                                                                                         determined that adults with hemophilia present greater physi-
                                                                                                         cal disabilities25. Most studies using specific QoL questionnaires
       H.                  0.486**
      **. Correlation is significant at 0.01 level (bilateral).*. La correlación es significante al
                                                                                                         have found a clear relationship between QoL and physical dis-
      nivel 0,05 (bilateral) (delete). Numbers are dimensions typified in QoL-MeX question-              abilities such as hemarthrosis and arthropathies26,27.
      naire (1 to 13), see Table 1; and letters are variables of the TS questionnaire, see Table 2.
                                                                                                         Overall, patients showed great satisfaction regarding their an-
      Table 5 exhibits associations between hemophilia severity and                                      tihemophilic treatment. It should be noted that even though
      QoL. It can be seen that 83.33% of patients with average QoL                                       the used questionnaire was adapted from ARPAS I study carried
      had severe hemophilia, while only 52% of patients with high                                        out in patients with HIV28, pharmacochemistry experts and psy-
      QoL presented severe hemophilia.                                                                   chologists validate it by verifying the objectivity of the answers.
                                                                                                         In addition, a consistency analysis with Cronbach’s alpha was
       Table 5. Relationship between clinical severity and QoL.
                                                                                                         also conducted (0.63). Results suggest that patients embrace
                                         QoL level
       Clinical severity                                                                       Total     treatment with factor concentrates and know how important
                         Low   %    Average       %     High    %                                        it is for their lives, which is why receiving medication on time is
       Moderate                  0       0             1         16.67         11   47.83        12      reflected as a satisfactory condition22.
       Severe                    0       0             5         83.33         12   52.17        17
       Total                     0       0             6         20.69         23   79.31        29      QoLHMex test showed that the self-esteem dimension has a clear
                                                                                                         correlation with concentration and knowledge about the disease
                             QoL level                                                                   with R2 of 0.498** and 0.398**, respectively. Self-esteem and
       Clinical severity                                                                       Total     self-concept can affect memory, activity level, and concentration
                             Low     %             Average       %        High      %
                                                                                                         capacity in everyday life, including treatment dynamics, this man-
       Moderate              0       0             1             0.08     11        91.66 12
                                                                                                         ifests more frequently in adolescents, who according to a report
       Severe                0       0             5             29.41 12           70.58 17
                                                                                                         by Cassis in 20072, may neglect medication and physiotherapy as
       Total                 0       0             6             20.69 23           79.31 29
                                                                                                         they prefer to ignore the medical complications and treatment
                                                                                                         importance, this is also related to the dimension knowledge
                                                                                                         about the disease, since greater knowledge means greater self-
898   Discussion                                                                                         esteem, similarly teens are often focused on the present and may
                                                                                                         not consider future consequences2.
      86% of patients from this study presented HA and 14% HB,
      these findings are in agreement with those published by Sousa                                      Knowledge about the disease dimension was directly correlated
      et al. in 201324 who conducted a study in the hematology cen-                                      with risks showing an R2 = 0.375*, this suggests that patients
      ter of Paraiba-Brazil. In addition, Stonebraker’s study in 2011,                                   who know more about hemophilia are more aware of both
      on the prevalence of hemophilia worldwide, reported similar                                        present and future risks. However, an inverse correlation was
      statistics to those found by this work. Similarly, the report situa-                               appreciated between knowledge about the disease and the di-
      tion of Hemophilia in Colombia published by the National Fund                                      mensions of physical discomfort and emotional aspects, with
      for high-cost diseases stated that HA represented 83.3% of he-                                     R2 of -0.567** and -0.412, respectively, which is also under-
      mophiliacs3,23,24.                                                                                 standable since a direct correlation was found between the di-
                                                                                                         mensions of Joint Problems, physical discomfort and emotional
      Regarding prophylactic treatment, the situation of Hemophilia                                      aspects (R2 = 0.372* and 0.412* respectively), this is probably
      in Colombia reported that 60.6% of patients with HA receive                                        because when patients know about their disease, reduction of
      prophylactic treatment and 3.7% receive prophylactic treat-                                        physical discomforts can be achieved by taking necessary pre-
      ment plus on-demand treatment, which are similar outcomes                                          cautions, and by being concerned about complications that may
      to those presented by this study. In Colombia, 55.4% of pa-                                        come from the condition, patients who know and understand
      tients with HB receive prophylactic treatment, and 3.6% receive                                    the risks of hemophilia will have better chances at prevention,
      prophylactic treatment plus on-demand. Prophylactic treatment                                      unlike those who are unaware. Likewise, when joint problems
      was more frequent since patients presented moderate-to-se-                                         appear in hemophiliac patients, physical discomforts increase,
      vere hemophilia24.                                                                                 and the emotional aspect is more affected, therefore it becomes
                                                                                                         important to work on self-confidence and self-knowledge.
Patients with high and average QoL were directly correlated           These results could be interpreted within the context of the
with QoLHMex test dimension family support, activity level,           larger literature that, despite hemophilia severity, patients have
physical discomforts, emotional aspects, and social aspects (R2       a high QoL perception, which is contradictory to what Osorio et
= 0.464*; 0.469 *; 0.503*; 0.446*; 0.447* and 0.666***, re-           al. reported in 201115, where only 15.8% of patients with se-
spectively). This result shows that patients QoL perception have      vere hemophilia presented high QoL perception, but it is similar
a clear correlation to dimensions associated with the pathol-         to what Azjen and Fishbein reported in 1980 in their theory of
ogy, both physically and psychologically; a similar outcome was       reasoned action30.
reported by Carruyo-Vizcaíno et al. in 200431 were it was sug-
gested that the mental health of individuals with hemophilia          Strengths and limitations
depends on the family environment since they are an important         One limitation of this and other studies on hemophiliac patients
part of a comprehensive treatment, and families’ attitude to-         is that there is not enough literature that validates or generates
wards the disease can influence on clinical improvement and           QoL tests in Spanish. However, the main strength of our study
response to treatment29.                                              is that emerges as a proposal for future research.

Results from this study agree to the “Theory of reasoned ac-          Implications for policy, practice and research
tion”30, where authors reported the Attitude Model in Pa-             Few studies in Colombia evaluate the quality of life of hemo-

                                                                                                                                              Archivos Venezolanos de Farmacología y Terapéutica
tients with Hemophilia (Modelo de Actitud en Pacientes con            philia patients on prophylactic therapy with coagulation factors
Hemofilia, MAPACHE, in Spanish), which stated that 72% of             using a specific quality of life instrument in Spanish, so this first
hemophiliacs gave greater importance to disease clinical as-          exploration constitutes a valuable input to be applied in health

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pects, 40% knew general aspects of the condition, and only            institutions that receive hemophilia patients, to implement poli-
18% gave importance to factor deficiency, its treatments, and         cies and action plans aimed at improving the quality of life of
psychosocial aspects. MAPACHE got a slightly positive overall         patients at the regional and national level.
attitude (4.44±1.12 EE) towards disease in most hemophiliacs
(74.5%)29.
                                                                      Conclusions
Regarding TS vs QoLHMex questionnaire, correlation of vari-
able Satisfaction with treatment requirements with physical dis-      This study constitutes one of the first investigations in the Ca-
comfort dimension was 0.406*, while the correlation between           ribbean Coast of Colombia where QoL of hemophiliac patients
Satisfaction with treatment comfort and physical discomforts          is evaluated, therefore the impact of this disease on function-
presented R2 of -0.368*, thus showing direct and inverse cor-         ality and well-being was also assessed. We can conclude that
relations, respectively. It can be deduced that a greater comfort     QoL perception of patients was high despite being diagnosed
with treatment results in less physical discomfort, some patients     as moderate-to-severe hemophiliacs, in addition, TS was also
stated that when treatment is more demanding, it could cause          high, having a positive correlation with some QoL aspects di-
more discomfort at the time of application and because of ac-         rectly related to hemophilia and emotional aspects.

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quisition difficulties, this was also validated by the inverse cor-
relation obtained between the variable Satisfaction with treat-       Acknowledgments: Authors give special thanks to Maria Del
ment comfort and Work or school absenteeism dimension with            Socorro Mendoza Perez (Vice President of the Atlantic Coast
R2 of -0.391, which suggest that patients who feel more com-          Chapter of the Colombian Hemophilia League). And to psychol-
                                                                      ogist Maricela Osorio Guzmán Ph.D.                                           899
fortable with their treatment, present less absenteeism.

The variable Satisfaction with disease knowledge presented a          Author Contributions Antistio Alvíz Amador designed, per-
direct correlation with the self-esteem dimension (R2 = 0.407*),      formed, analyzed, and wrote the research paper; Antonio Diaz
thus showing that patients who are more aware of their disease        Caballero assisted with data analysis and writing of the paper,
have higher self-esteem, corroborating like this the direct cor-      and Arnulfo Taron Dunoyer designed and performed of data
relation between these two dimensions of QoLHMex test. Like-          analysis. All authors revised the manuscript and approved the
wise, it is important to mention that the calculated correlation      ultimate version.
between the variable’s knowledge about the disease from both
                                                                      Compliance with ethical standards
questionnaires recorded equal information, which constitutes
reliability in applied instruments.                                   Conflict of interest
An inverse correlation was obtained between the variable Satis-       The authors declare no conflict of interest
faction with how antihemophilic treatment adapts to your life-
style and Risks dimension, (R2 = -0.407*), adaptation to treat-       Ethical Considerations
ment means fewer risks, which is logical since patients who
are more adapted to their treatment have less probability of          The authors documented the information of hemophiliac pa-
suffering unexpected medical events. Finally, Satisfaction with       tients following guidelines of Resolution 8430 of 1993, of the
continuing treatment and the concentration dimension showed           Ministry of Health of the Republic of Colombia. Helsinki Report
a direct correlation (R2 = 0.486**), greater satisfaction with        was also accepted as an ethical benchmark in this research.
lifetime treatment contributes to a better concentration capac-
ity and more responsiveness to environmental risk factors.

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