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Quality of life among people living with hypertension in a rural Vietnam community
BACKGROUND: To respond to growing prevalence of hypertension in Vietnam, it is critical to have an in-depth understanding about quality of life (QOL) among people living with hypertension and related factors. This study aimed to measure QOL among hypertensive people in a rural community in Vietnam,...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4137077/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25113528 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-833 |
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author | Ha, Ninh Thi Duy, Hoa Thi Le, Ninh Hoang Khanal, Vishnu Moorin, Rachael |
author_facet | Ha, Ninh Thi Duy, Hoa Thi Le, Ninh Hoang Khanal, Vishnu Moorin, Rachael |
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description | BACKGROUND: To respond to growing prevalence of hypertension in Vietnam, it is critical to have an in-depth understanding about quality of life (QOL) among people living with hypertension and related factors. This study aimed to measure QOL among hypertensive people in a rural community in Vietnam, and its association with socio-demographic characteristics and factors related to treatment. METHODS: This study was conducted in a rural community located 60 km from Ho Chi Minh City. Face-to-face interviews were conducted among 275 hypertensive people aged 50 years and above using WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire. Descriptive statistics were used to examine mean scores of quality of life. Cronbach’s alpha coefficient and Pearson’s correlation coefficient were applied to estimate the internal consistency, and the level of agreement between different domains of WHOQOL-BREF, respectively. Independent T-test and ANOVA test followed by multiple linear regression analyses were used to measure the association between QOL domains and independent variables. RESULTS: Both overall WHOQOL-BREF and each domain had a good internal consistency, ranging from 0.65 to 0.88. The QOL among hypertensive patients was found moderate in all domains, except for psychological domain that was fairly low (mean = 49.4). Backward multiple linear regressions revealed that being men, married, attainment of higher education, having physical activities at moderate level, and adherence to treatment were positively associated with QOL. However, older age and presence of co-morbidity were negatively associated with QOL. CONCLUSION: WHOQOL-BREF is a reliable instrument to measure QOL among hypertensive patients. The results revealed low QOL in psychological domain and inequality in QOL across socio-demographic characteristics. Given the results, encouraging physical activities and strengthening treatment adherence should be considered to improve QOL of hypertensive people, especially for psychological aspect. Actions to improve QOL among hypertensive patients targeted towards women, lower educated and unmarried patients are needed in the setting. |
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spelling | pubmed-41370772014-08-19 Quality of life among people living with hypertension in a rural Vietnam community Ha, Ninh Thi Duy, Hoa Thi Le, Ninh Hoang Khanal, Vishnu Moorin, Rachael BMC Public Health Research Article BACKGROUND: To respond to growing prevalence of hypertension in Vietnam, it is critical to have an in-depth understanding about quality of life (QOL) among people living with hypertension and related factors. This study aimed to measure QOL among hypertensive people in a rural community in Vietnam, and its association with socio-demographic characteristics and factors related to treatment. METHODS: This study was conducted in a rural community located 60 km from Ho Chi Minh City. Face-to-face interviews were conducted among 275 hypertensive people aged 50 years and above using WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire. Descriptive statistics were used to examine mean scores of quality of life. Cronbach’s alpha coefficient and Pearson’s correlation coefficient were applied to estimate the internal consistency, and the level of agreement between different domains of WHOQOL-BREF, respectively. Independent T-test and ANOVA test followed by multiple linear regression analyses were used to measure the association between QOL domains and independent variables. RESULTS: Both overall WHOQOL-BREF and each domain had a good internal consistency, ranging from 0.65 to 0.88. The QOL among hypertensive patients was found moderate in all domains, except for psychological domain that was fairly low (mean = 49.4). Backward multiple linear regressions revealed that being men, married, attainment of higher education, having physical activities at moderate level, and adherence to treatment were positively associated with QOL. However, older age and presence of co-morbidity were negatively associated with QOL. CONCLUSION: WHOQOL-BREF is a reliable instrument to measure QOL among hypertensive patients. The results revealed low QOL in psychological domain and inequality in QOL across socio-demographic characteristics. Given the results, encouraging physical activities and strengthening treatment adherence should be considered to improve QOL of hypertensive people, especially for psychological aspect. Actions to improve QOL among hypertensive patients targeted towards women, lower educated and unmarried patients are needed in the setting. BioMed Central 2014-08-11 /pmc/articles/PMC4137077/ /pubmed/25113528 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-833 Text en © Ha et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2014 This article is published under license to BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Ha, Ninh Thi Duy, Hoa Thi Le, Ninh Hoang Khanal, Vishnu Moorin, Rachael Quality of life among people living with hypertension in a rural Vietnam community |
title | Quality of life among people living with hypertension in a rural Vietnam community |
title_full | Quality of life among people living with hypertension in a rural Vietnam community |
title_fullStr | Quality of life among people living with hypertension in a rural Vietnam community |
title_full_unstemmed | Quality of life among people living with hypertension in a rural Vietnam community |
title_short | Quality of life among people living with hypertension in a rural Vietnam community |
title_sort | quality of life among people living with hypertension in a rural vietnam community |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4137077/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25113528 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-833 |
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