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ArticleHealth and quality of life outcomes2020

The differences in self-perceptions of aging, health-related quality of life and their association between urban and rural Chinese older hypertensive patients.

Yunying Hou, Qing Wu, Dandan Zhang, Xiaohong Jin, Wenya Wu, Xiaohua Wang

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Article in Health and quality of life outcomes, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yunying HouDepartment of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, China.
Qing WuDepartment of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, China.
Dandan ZhangDepartment of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, China.
Xiaohong JinQuality Improvement Office, Changshu No.1 People's Hospital, Changshu, 215500, China.
Wenya WuDepartment of Cardiology, Changshu No.1 People's Hospital, Changshu, 215500, China.
Xiaohua WangDepartment of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, China. sxwang2001@163.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3328-8496
Soochow University · CNChangshu No.1 People's Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMost hypertensive clients are elderly, whose health-related quality of life (HRQL) may be associated with self-perceptions of aging (older individuals' beliefs about their own aging). Meanwhile, culture and health disparities between rural and urban populations are substantial. Whether there are differences in self-perceptions of aging, HRQL, and their association among elderly hypertensive clients in urban and rural areas remains unknown. The objective of this study was to investigate and compare self-perceptions of aging and HRQL and their association among urban and rural older Chinese hypertensive clients.

methodsA cross-sectional investigation was conducted in 15 urban community clinics and 22 village clinics from Suzhou, China. Older hypertensive adults were invited to complete a self-administered questionnaire addressing socio-demographic and clinical information, HRQL and self-perceptions of aging.

resultsThere were 492 urban participants and 537 rural participants included in the analyses. The physical (40.0 ± 12.1 vs. 30.9 ± 8.9, P <  0.001) and mental (51.5 ± 8.3 vs. 46.0 ± 7.8, P <  0.001) HRQL scores of urban participants were all higher than those of rural ones. Urban participants' scores on dimensions of "timeline cyclical", "consequences negative", and "control negative" of self-perceptions of aging questionnaire (APQ) were lower than those of rural participants (P <  0.001, respectively), while the scores on dimensions of "consequences positive" and "control positive" were higher (P <  0.001, respectively). Adjusted multivariate linear regression showed that participants who had worse self-perceptions of aging had poorer HRQL. Some APQ dimensions associated with urban or rural hypertensive elders' HRQL were different.

conclusionsOlder hypertensive clients in rural areas have poorer self-perceptions of aging and HRQL than those in urban areas. Health care professionals should pay more attention to HRQL and self-perceptions of aging of older hypertensive clients in rural areas.

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Quality of LifeSelf ConceptAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAgingChinaCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansHypertensionMaleMiddle AgedRural PopulationSurveys and QuestionnairesUrban PopulationChineseHealth-related quality of lifeHypertensionRuralSelf-perceptions of agingUrban

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