Why the study?
Hypertension is a critical factor for chronic cardiovascular and renal diseases, motivating an evaluation of quality of life and its related factors in hypertensive patients.
Population
137 hypertensive patients across ten health centers
Design
Descriptive study with simple random sampling
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Hypothesis-generating for demographic influences on hypertension QoL; should not yet change clinical practice without longitudinal validation.
Demographic factors such as education level, occupation, and duration of hypertension are significantly associated with the quality of life in patients with hypertension.
A 2020 study studied this question.