A STUDY OF QUALITY OF LIFE IN PATIENTS WITH HYPERTENSION
Journal Title: Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 11
Abstract
BACKGROUND Quality of Life is widely perceived to be an important end point in the therapeutic assessment. Quality of Life end points that are related to health are increasingly being used to adjust measures of effectiveness for clinical decision making, resource allocation and to evaluate drugs in clinical trials of hypertension. MATERIALS AND METHODS The Descriptive study was conducted on 50 patients attending the OPD of Cardiology Unit of a north Indian hospital for a period of 2 months. All patients in the age group of 18 - 60 years who were drug naïve were included. RESULTS Hypertension was common in the age group of 56 - 65 years, males. Most common antihypertensive drugs prescribed were betablockers, ARB’s, ACEI’s, Diuretics and CCB’s. The maximum reduction in pulse rate was produced by beta blockers and diuretics; that in SBP with CCB’s and ARB’s and in DBP with CCB’s, ARB’s and beta blockers. CONCLUSION The use of antihypertensive drugs improved the QOL in 90% of study subjects. Use of beta blockers resulted in the least improvement in QOL scores.
Authors and Affiliations
Aaina Malhotra, Anuj Mahajan, Tejinderpal Singh, Anju Bhagtana, Dinesh Sood
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