Correlation between the Characteristics and Quality of Life of Hypertensive Outpatients at a Private Hospital in Yogyakarta

Abstract

Many factors can affect a person's quality of life, including therapy with antihypertensive drugs that often have uncomfortable side effects and lead to decreased quality of life. This study aimed to determine the statistical relationship between the characteristics and quality of life of hypertensive outpatients at a private hospital in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. This cross-sectional study used the EQ5D questionnaire to measure the quality of life of 56 respondents, who had met the inclusion criteria, after three months of antihypertensive therapy. The data were processed by scoring the questionnaire items and then converting the EQ5D dimensions to EQ5D Index based on the Malaysian value set. The data analysis also included descriptive statistics andchi-square test. The results showed that the quality of life, as represented by the EQ-5D index, ranged from 0.375 (lowest) to 0.933 (highest). The severe problems in the quality of life were identified in three dimensions, namely anxiety/ depression (7.14%), pain/discomfort (5.36%), and usual activities (3.57%). Meanwhile, difficulties were not found in the other two dimensions, namely self-care (89.29%) and mobility (55.36%). The results showed that the patients' characteristics, namely sex, age, employment, education, and complication, correlated with quality of life at different levels (p-values), i.e., 0.350, 0.418, 0.992, 0.726, and 0.099, respectively. As a conclusion, there is no significant relationship between patients' characteristics and quality of life (p-values> 0.05).

Kualitas Hidup Pasien Hipertensi Rawat Jalan Rumah Sakit Swasta Di Yogyakarta Yang Mendapatkan Terapi Angiotensin Receptor Blockers (Arb) Dan Kombinasi Obat Lain

“…Penelitian ini dilaksanakan atas persetujuan Komite Etik (Ethical Approval) Berdasarkan Tabel I terdapat masalah pada kelima dimensi yang paling banyak mempunyai masalah yaitu pada dimensi rasa kesakitan/tidak nyaman sebesar 50,9% yang didapat dari poin nilai 2 (ada masalah) dan nilai 3 (sangat ada masalah). Hal ini sejalan dengan penelitian (Baroroh and Sari, 2019) dimana pasien merasa bermasalah dengan persentase terbesar pada dimensi rasa kesakitan/ tidak nyaman. Pada dimensi rasa kesakitan/tidak nyaman sebesar 5,36% merasa sangat bermasalah, 51,79% bermasalah dan 42,86% tidak bermasalah.…”

“…Hal ini menunjukkan bahwa peluang terjadinya kualitas hidup baik ataupun buruk pada laki-laki dan perempuan pasien hipertensi adalah sama. Hasil penelitian ini sejalan dengan penelitian (Baroroh and Sari, 2019) tidak ada hubungan signifikan (p>0,350) antara jenis kelamin dengan kualitas hidup pasien.…”