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ArticleHealth expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy2014

A cross-sectional assessment of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among hypertensive patients in Pakistan.

Fahad Saleem, Mohamed Azmi Hassali, Asrul Akmal Shafie

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Fahad Saleem*PhD Candidate, Discipline of Social and Administrative Pharmacy, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia, †Associate Professor, Discipline of Social and Administrative Pharmacy, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia and ‡Senior Lecturer, Discipline of Social and Administrative Pharmacy, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia.
Mohamed Azmi Hassali
Asrul Akmal Shafie

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objectiveTo describe the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) profile of hypertensive population in Pakistan.

methodsA cross-sectional descriptive study was undertaken with a cohort of 385 hypertensive patients attending two public hospitals in Quetta city, Pakistan. The EuroQoL EQ-5D scale was used for the assessment of HRQoL. EQ-5D is a standardized instrument for use as a measure of health outcome and is used in the clinical and economic evaluation of health care as well as population health surveys. The HRQoL was scored using values derived from the UK general population survey. P ≤ 0.05 was taken as significant.

resultsTwo hundred and sixty-five (68.85%) respondents were men with 3.01 ± 0.939 years of history of hypertension. Majority (n = 186, 48.3%) were categorized in age group of 28-37 years with mean age of 39.02 ± 6.596. Education, income and locality had significant relation with HRQoL score. HRQoL was measured poor in our study patients (0.4674 ± 0.2844).

conclusionHypertension has an adverse effect on patients' well-being and HRQoL. Results from this study could be useful in clinical practice, particularly in early treatment of hypertension, at point where improving HRQoL is still possible.

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Health StatusHypertensionQuality of LifeSurveys and QuestionnairesAdultCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPakistanSocioeconomic Factorseducational levelhealth-related quality of lifehypertension

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PMID22390260
PMCPMC5060735

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