Quality of life of patient with hypertension in Kathmandu

Abstract

Objective: The study aims to describe Quality of Life of Patients with Hypertension and its predictors. Methods: The study was descriptive cross sectional involving 237 patients with hypertension attending outpatient department of Manmohan Cardiothoracic Vascular and Transplant Centre. Data was collected by interview technique using SF-36 questionnaire. The data was analyzed using SPSS version 16 and p values < 0.05 were considered significant. Independent t-test, ANOVA and multiple linear regression was used for statistical analysis. The quality of life was determined by Physical Component Summary (PCS) and Mental Component Summary (MCS). Result: In multivariate analysis, increasing age (CI: −4.47 to −1.48, p < 0.001), marital status (CI: −6.18 to −2.53, p < 0.001) and educational status (CI: 1.11–2.04, p < 0.001) were strongly associated with PCS score. Whereas, marital status (CI: −15.173 to −11.782, p < 0.001) and educational status (CI: 0.27–1.07, p = 0.001) were predictor of MCS score. Conclusion: This study identified increasing age, non formal education, being single to be associated with lower quality of life. Screening for most vulnerable group of the hypertensive patient might be done and evaluated which in turns helps to take necessary intervention for hypertension.

Keywords

• Hypertension
• Predictors
• Quality of life
• Physical component summary
• Mental component summary
• SF-36