Saleem Fahad, Hassali Mohamed Azmi, Shafie Asrul Akmal
*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.
Health Expect. 2014 Jun;17(3):388-95. doi: 10.1111/j.1369-7625.2012.00765.x. Epub 2012 Mar 6.
To describe the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) profile of hypertensive population in Pakistan.
A 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.
Two 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).
Hypertension 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.
描述巴基斯坦高血压人群的健康相关生活质量（HRQoL）概况。
对巴基斯坦奎达市两家公立医院的385名高血压患者进行了一项横断面描述性研究。采用欧洲生活质量五维度量表（EuroQoL EQ-5D）评估健康相关生活质量。EQ-5D是一种标准化工具，用作健康结果的衡量指标，用于医疗保健的临床和经济评估以及人群健康调查。健康相关生活质量得分采用来自英国普通人群调查得出的值。P≤0.05被视为具有统计学意义。
265名（68.85%）受访者为男性，高血压病史为3.01±0.939年。大多数（n = 186，48.3%）属于28 - 37岁年龄组，平均年龄为39.02±6.596。教育程度、收入和居住地区与健康相关生活质量得分有显著关系。在我们的研究患者中，健康相关生活质量被评定为较差（0.4674±0.2844）。
高血压对患者的幸福感和健康相关生活质量有不利影响。本研究结果在临床实践中可能有用，特别是在高血压的早期治疗中，此时改善健康相关生活质量仍有可能。
