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A descriptive cross-sectional survey design was adopted using convenient sampling technique on eighty Chronic Hepatitis B patients who visited to Hepatology OPD of Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, New Delhi. The data was collected in time period 23/02/2018 to 03/04/2018. A structured questionnaire was used to collect the data related to demographic and clinical variable. Data for Quality of life of chronic hepatitis B patients was collected by using standardized questionnaire SF-36. The QOL in domain Pain had a maximum mean percent (82.40 percent). The most affected domain was General Health with a minimum mean score of 64.19 percent. In adherence to therapeutic regimen among chronic hepatitis B patients; the domain follow up shows the highest mean percentage 98.37 percent as followed by domain Medication (90.65 percent). The QOL was affected in patients with CHB. Various demographic and clinical factors affect the QOL in these patients.