ArticleEthiopian journal of health sciences2022
Health-Related Quality of Life of Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Hypertension in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Article in Ethiopian journal of health sciences, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
11 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- A systematic review and meta-analysis of health-related quality of life among patients with cardiovascular diseases in Ethiopia.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Evaluating health-related quality of life in Ethiopia: systematic review and meta-analysis of EQ-5D-based studies.Frontiers in epidemiology · 2024Pooled it
- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on quality of life of adults with diabetes in rural Uganda: a cross-sectional survey.International health · 2026Article
- Health-Related Quality of Life and Its Determinants Among Hypertensive Patients in Southwest Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study.Public health challenges · 2026Article
- The effect of self-care, self-efficacy, and health literacy on health-related quality of life in patients with hypertension: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Chronic disease patients during the armed conflict in Sudan: a cross-sectional study on mental health and quality of life.Conflict and health · 2025Article
- A cross-sectional study on health behavior and quality of life among adults with non-communicable diseases in the urban field practice area of a teaching hospital, Kolkata.Malaysian family physician : the official journal of the Academy of Family Physicians of Malaysia · 2025Article
- Health literacy and associated factors among adult type 2 diabetic patients in Woldia Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, North-East Ethiopia, 2022.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Relationship Between Low Education and Poor Periodontal Status among Mexican Adults Aged ≥50 Years.Oral health & preventive dentistry · 2024Article
- Evaluating health-related quality of life in Ethiopia: protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis of EQ-5D-based studies.BMJ open · 2024Article
- Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
9 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Background: The aim of this study was to assess the health-related quality of life of patients with T2DM and hypertension attending public health facilities in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted from 1 Results: Of the 409 participants included, the majority were in the age group of 46-60 (36.0%), females (56.0%), from hospitals (54.8%), jobless (25.4%), and married (63.3%). Over two-thirds of the patients reported no problems with self-care, usual activity, and depression/anxiety. All dimensions showed an increasing proportion of moderate to severe problems in the age group beyond 45. Facility type, comorbid condition and age showed a statistically significant score difference for QoL. The overall prevalence of any problem was 59.0%. Education level, visit to a health center, and marriage showed lower odds of affected HRQoL whereas, lower monthly income and presence of comorbidities were opposite. Conclusion: HRQoL of patients in the study settings was suboptimal and below the general population. Attributes, such as education, facility type, marital status, income level, and comorbid status have a statistically significant association with HRQoL. Arrangement of a safe and quality health services is paramount, especially, during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.