Steven Lai, Bradley M Buchheit, Kellie Kitamura, Mackenzie R Cook, Lalena M Yarris, Grace Chen, Amy Kwon, Jaime Jordan
Five Key Articles on Curriculum Development for Graduate Medical Educators
Journal of graduate medical education
hypertension serious health problem one diseases impair healthrelated quality life central tenet care improve healthrelated quality life overall wellbeing limited improving clinical outcomes study assesses compares healthrelated quality life predictors among hypertensive patients two government hospitals ekiti state nigeria comparative crosssectional study involving 440 hypertensive patients 220 group recruited using systematic sampling technique within hospitals data sociodemographic economic clinical characteristics including cost care hypertension collected patients whoqolbref questionnaire used assess healthrelated quality life data entered analyzed using ibm spss statistics windows version 220 domains healthrelated quality life better among patients federal government teaching hospitals however physical 7932 p 0001 overall 2783 p 0006 domains statistical significance inverse relationship cost healthrelated quality life found two hospitals state r 0224 p 0001 federal r 0378 p 0001 identified predictors healthrelated quality life age locality residence income number complications exercise smoking hospitals predictors marital status living arrangement occupation number medications involvement religious spiritual activities among patients state government teaching hospital household size length diagnosis indirect cost among patients federal government teaching hospital need support hypertensive patients state government teaching hospitals reduce inequality low healthrelated quality life among identified predictors taken consideration putting place policies improve healthrelated quality life patients