Certain results of studying quality of life relevant to health inpatients with arterial hypertension

Abstract

The article presents the results of study of quality of life of patients of able-bodied age with arterial hypertension. The study was carried out om the basis of ambulatory polyclinic institutions of Saratov in 2013-2015. The questionnaire WHOQOL-100 was applied. The respondents with arterial hypertension had statistically reliable decreasing of total index of quality of life, index of total value of life perception and also indices of quality of life in such areas as "Physical", "Level of Independence", "Environment" that testify somatic determination of index of quality of life of the given areas. The impact is established related to the level of incomes and related deprivations on both total index of quality of life of patients with arterial hypertension and indices of quality of life in particular sections of questionnaire WHOQOL-100 (mainly such sections as "Level of Independence", "Psychological" and "Physical" sections). This occurrence substantiates assumption about social determination of quality of life of patients with arterial hypertension.