Effects of Activity and Education Program on Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C Infection
Effects of Activity and Education Program on Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C Infection
This 4-year project will be guided by a biobehavioral model for the study of exercise
 interventions in two phases with the purposes to :

 1. explore the patients' physical activity preferences and develop doable activity lists
 during treatment period

 2. examine the changes of health-related physical fitness component over interferon
 treatment

 3. develop the Personalized Physical Activity and Psych-Education (PPAPE) Program and test
 its effects on decreasing fatigue, physical and psychological distress, and improving
 their health-related physical fitness and quality of life in patients with chronic
 hepatitis C receiving Interferon with Ribavirin Combination Therapy

 4. evaluate the outcome of the PPAPE program on increasing adherence to therapy, the
 sustained virological response (SVR) in 24 weeks after the end of treatment, and the
 time-consuming for education program during intervention.
Inclusion Criteria:

 -  Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C Infection Receiving Interferon Therapy

 -  Aged above 18

 Exclusion Criteria:

 -  None