Ocena jakości życia i zadowolenia ze zdrowia pacjentów z nadciśnieniem tętniczym
Journal Title: Innowacje w Pielęgniarstwie i Naukach o Zdrowiu - Year 2017, Vol 2, Issue 1
Abstract
Introduction. As far as medical sciences are concerned, the definitions of the quality of life are mainly related to the correlation between health and the disease, but despite the great interest in this category, the universal definition adopted by the whole medical community has failed. Hypertension is a civilization disease which affects in particular residents of highly developed countries. Epidemiological findings clearly indicate that hypertension is one of the most important risk factors for cardiovascular disease. Risk factors for the progression of hypertension include both modifiable factors such as the patient's life style, environmental factors, as well as non-modifiable ones such as innate features that present a risk of susceptibility to certain diseases or disorders in health. For the purposes of the analysis, it was assumed that the gender, age of the patient, place of residence, duration of illness and BMI index may have a significant correlation with the subjective quality of life assessment. Aim. The aim of the study is to evaluate the quality of life of patients with hypertension in the environment and their satisfaction with their health condition by analyzing selected risk factors. Material and methods. The study included 100 patients of the Medical Center "Nad Brdą" in Bydgoszcz, diagnosed with hypertension. The quality of life was measure dusing the Polish version of the WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire. Whereas in order to know the socio-demographic factors of the patients, our own questionnaire was included. Statistical analysis was performed by means of Statistica 10.0. The significance level p≤ 0.05 has been adopted. Results. The largest group of respondents assessed the quality of their lives positively - 64.0% (good and very good), the least negative - 4.0%. Satisfaction with health, the majority of respondents assessed as average - 48.0%, whereas the least negative - 13.0%. A slightly higher quality of life assessment (due to lower standard deviation) was observed in the group of women. As regards the impact of respondents' age on the quality of life, the highest scores were observed in the agegroupsranging51-60 years and 41-50 years, and the lowest in the age group under 40 years. Satisfaction with health was highest among respondents aged 40 and 51-60 years, the lowest in the age group over 60 years. There were no statistically significant differences observed between rural and urban residents regarding both the quality of life and satisfaction with health. The duration of suffering from hypertension was not in statistically significant correlation with both the quality of life and satisfaction with health (p> 0.05) in all groups surveyed the result was positive. The BMI index however, was in statistically significant, low correlation with life satisfaction results (p <0.05). Conclusions. 1. Patients with hypertension assess the quality of their lives as good. Where as their health condition is assessed as average. 2. There was no difference observed in the quality of life of patients with hypertension according to gender. 3. Respondents over the age of 60 indicate lower satisfaction with health and the quality of life than other age groups. 4. City and village residents do not show any significant difference in the quality of life assessment. 5. Patients with hypertension lasting over 20 years evaluate the quality of life lower than other age groups. 6. Patients with hypertension tend to be overweight. Over weight patients and those with obesity assess the quality of life lower than the respondents with correct BMI.
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Maria Klarkowska, Anna Antczak
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- DOI 10.21784/IwP.2017.003
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