Why the study?
Does hypertension and antihypertensive medication impact health-related quality of life compared to a normal population?
Does hypertension and antihypertensive medication impact health-related quality of life compared to a normal population?
Hypertension and its treatment negatively impact quality of life, whereas symptom control and higher income are associated with better quality of life, independent of blood pressure control.
May reduce HRQOL independent of BP control; leaves open causality and needs prospective validation before practice change.
The presence of hypertension and antihypertensive medication reduced HRQOL of hypertensive patients, although BP control surprisingly did not impact HRQOL. However, lower symptom count and higher income improved quality of life.
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Adedapo et al. (2015) studied this question.
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