Quality of Life of Patient with Hypertension in Primary Health Care in Bandar Lampung
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Indonesian Journal of Pharmacy
The high prevalence of hypertension in Indonesia encourages studies
related to how the quality of life of patients with hypertension. The purpose
of this study was to measure the quality of life, identify, and explain factors
related to the quality of life of patients with hypertension. The study design
was an associative descriptive design using a cross-sectional study
approach. The study subjects were all outpatient hypertensive patients from
several health centers in Bandar Lampung. The instrument used in this study
was the Indonesian SF-36. The data collected included the patient
demographic characteristics, including gender, age, education, occupation,
and marital status, and the fields related to the medical history of the study
subjects, including the duration of hypertension, complications, and the
number of antihypertensive drugs consumed. Data were analyzed using the
bivariate analysis to see the association between two use of them.
Multivariate analysis was conducted to study the association of several
independent variables with one or several dependent variables. The results
of the univariate analysis showed that age, marital status, duration of illness,
complications, and the number of drugs consumed affected the quality of life
of hypertensive patients (p<0.05). The results of multivariate analysis
showed that the factors of age, marital status, and duration of hypertension
were factors that influenced the physical domain. In contrast, whereas
gender, marital status, duration of hypertension, complications, and the
number of drugs were influential factors in the mental domain.
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https://repo.itera.ac.id/depan/submission/SB2408290009
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