Hypertension in the Lebanese adults: Impact on health related quality of life

Malak Khalifeh; Pascale Salameh; Amal Al Hajje; Sanaa Awada; Samar Rachidi; Wafa Bawab

doi:10.1016/j.jegh.2015.02.003

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Hypertension in the Lebanese adults: Impact on health related quality of life

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Malak Khalifeh, Pascale Salamehpascalesalameh1@hotmail.com psalameh@ul.edu.lb, Amal Al Hajjeamalkeh@hotmail.com, Sanaa Awadasanaa_awada@yahoo.com, Samar Rachidisamar.rachidi@outlook.com, Wafa Bawab^*^,w.bawab@hotmail.com wbawab@ul.edu.lb

Laboratory of Epidemiological and Clinical Research, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon

^*Corresponding author at: Clinical and Epidemiological Research Laboratory, Faculty of Pharmacy, Lebanese University, Hadath Campus, Lebanon. Tel.: +961 5 463365.

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Wafa Bawabw.bawab@hotmail.com wbawab@ul.edu.lb

Received 29 December 2014, Revised 4 February 2015, Accepted 11 February 2015, Available Online 12 March 2015.

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Keywords: Hypertension; Quality of life; SF-8; Risk factors; Lebanese population
Abstract: Cardiovascular disease is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, hypertension being one of their most prevalent risk factors. Information on health related quality of life (QOL) of hypertensive individuals in Lebanon is lacking. Our objectives were to evaluate QOL of hypertensive patients compared with non-hypertensive subjects and to suggest possible predictors of QOL in Lebanon. We conducted a case control study among individuals visiting outpatient clinics. Quality of life was assessed using the eight item (SF-8) questionnaire administered face to face to the study population, applied to hypertensive (N = 224) and non-hypertensive control (N = 448) groups. Hypertensive patients presented lower QOL scores in all domains, particularly in case of high administration frequency and occurrence of drug related side effects. Among hypertensive patients, QOL was significantly decreased with the presence of comorbidities (β = −13.865, p = 0.054), daily frequency of antihypertensive medications (β = −8.196, p < 0.001), presence of drug side-effects (β = −19.262, p = 0.031), older age (β = −0.548, p < 0.001), female gender (β = −21.363, p = 0.05), lower education (β = −22.949, p = 0.006), and cigarettes smoked daily (β = −0.726, p < 0.001); regular sport activity (β = 23.15, p < 0.001) significantly increased quality of life. These findings indicate the necessity for health professionals to take these factors into account when treating hypertensive patients, and to tackle special subgroups with attention to their deteriorated QOL.
Copyright: © 2015 Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
Open Access: This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

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Publication Date: 2015/03/12
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