Patients’ Health-Related Quality of Life and Use of Medicinal Cannabis: A Cross-Sectional Survey Study

Abstract Background: Studies on medicinal cannabis (MC) have primarily investigated effects on diseases and symptoms, while there is only sparse knowledge on patients’ health-related quality of life. Our aim was, firstly, to compare the health-related quality of life of patients (MC users and non-users) within four specified diagnostic indications (multiple sclerosis, paraplegia, neuropathy, and nausea and vomiting after chemotherapy) with that of patients with other diagnostic indications (MC users only) and the adult population (non-users only). Secondly, we estimate the