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November 3, 2010Journal of Hypertension

Health-related quality of life and hypertension: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies

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Why the study?

Does hypertension reduce health-related quality of life compared to normotensive individuals?

Population

Individuals with hypertension

Comparison

Hypertension (observational) vs Normotensive individuals

Design

Meta-analysis

Authors

DTDaisson José TrevisolUniversidade do Sul de Santa CatarinaLMLeila Beltrami MoreiraHospital de Clínicas de Porto AlegreAKAlessandra Cristina KerkhoffNational Council for Scientific and Technological Development

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Implication

Clinicians should consider modest QoL effects in hypertension care; meta-analysis reinforces the observational association.

Structured PICO

Does hypertension reduce health-related quality of life compared to normotensive individuals?

P
Population
Individuals with hypertension
I
Intervention
Hypertension (observational)
C
Comparator
Normotensive individuals
O
Outcome
Health-related quality of lifepatient reported

Hypertension is associated with a slightly worse health-related quality of life compared to normotension.

Cite This Study

Trevisol et al. (2010) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d56dc075589c71d767d02ahttps://doi.org/10.1097/hjh.0b013e328340d76f

Topics

Hypertension management
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