Abstract
Cardiovascular disease is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, hypertension being one of their most prevalent risk factors. Information on health related quality of life (QOL) of hypertensive individuals in Lebanon is lacking. Our objectives were to evaluate QOL of hypertensive patients compared with non-hypertensive subjects and to suggest possible predictors of QOL in Lebanon. We conducted a case control study among individuals visiting outpatient clinics. Quality of life was assessed using the eight item (SF-8) questionnaire administered face to face to the study population, applied to hypertensive (N=224) and non-hypertensive control (N=448) groups. Hypertensive patients presented lower QOL scores in all domains, particularly in case of high administration frequency and occurrence of drug related side effects. Among hypertensive patients, QOL was significantly decreased with the presence of comorbidities (β=-13.865, p=0.054), daily frequency of antihypertensive medications (β=-8.196, p<0.001), presence of drug side-effects (β=-19.262, p=0.031), older age (β=-0.548, p<0.001), female gender (β=-21.363, p=0.05), lower education (β=-22.949, p=0.006), and cigarettes smoked daily (β=-0.726, p<0.001); regular sport ...Continue Reading
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