Health-Related Quality of Life and Its Influencing Factors for Elderly Patients With Hypertension: Evidence From Heilongjiang Province, China

Zheng, Erwei; Xu, Jinsong; Xu, Jing; Zeng, Xueyun; Tan, Wan Jie; Zhao, Miaomiao; Liu, Bo; Li, Rui; Sui, Mingjie; Zhang, Zhong; Li, Yang; Yang, Hongbin; Yu, Hongjuan; Wang, Yongqing; Wu, Qunhong; Huang, Weidong

doi:10.3389/fpubh.2021.654822

Cited by 36 publications

(29 citation statements)

References 43 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…This measure uses a scale assuming values between 0 and 1, with 0 indicating a health state that is equivalent to death and 1 indicating perfect health status [ 21 ]. This instrument has been used previously worldwide on different hypertensive populations [ 22 , 23 ]. The health description system section records self-assessed health status according to five key dimensions: mobility, self-care, usual activities, pain/discomfort, and anxiety/depression.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Association between comorbidity and health-related quality of life in a hypertensive population: a hospital-based study in Bangladesh

Mannan

Akter

et al. 2022

BMC Public Health

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Background Hypertension is a known risk factor for several chronic conditions including diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. However, little is known about its impact on Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in the context of Bangladesh. This study aimed to evaluate the association of hypertension on HRQoL among Bangladeshi patients corresponding to the socio-demographic condition, comorbid conditions, treatment, and health outcomes. Methods A hospital based cross-sectional study was conducted using a pre-tested structured questionnaire among patients with hypertension in 22 tertiary medical college hospitals in Bangladesh. The study recruited male and female hypertensive patients of age ≥18 years between July 2020 to February 2021 using consecutive sampling methods. Health related quality of life was measured using the widely-used index of EQ-5D that considers 243 different health-related attributes and uses a scale in which 0 indicates a health state equivalent to death and 1 indicates perfect health status. The five dimensions of the quality index included mobility, self-care, usual activities, pain or discomfort, and anxiety or depression. Ordered logit regression and linear regression models were used to estimate the predictors of comorbidity and HRQoL. Results Of the 1,912 hypertensive patients, 56.2% were female, 86.5% were married, 70.7% were either overweight or obese, 67.6% had a family history of hypertension, and 85.5% were on anti-hypertensive medication. Among the individuals with comorbidities, 47.6% had diabetes, 32.3% were obese, 16.2% had heart disease, 15% were visually impaired, and 13.8% were suffering from psychological diseases. HRQoL was found to be inversely proportional to the number of comorbidities. The most frequent comorbidities of diabetes and obesity showed the highest EQ- 5D mean utilities of 0.59 and 0.64, respectively. Conclusions Prevalent comorbidities, diabetes and obesity were found to be the significant underlying causes of declining HRQoL. It is recommended that the comorbidities should be adequately addressed for better HRQoL. Special attention should be given to address mental health issues of patients with hypertension.

show abstract

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Association between comorbidity and health-related quality of life in a hypertensive population: a hospital-based study in Bangladesh

Mannan

Akter

et al. 2022

BMC Public Health

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…In equation (7), Li is the number of edges existing between the adjacent nodes of node i. is gives us formula (8) for calculating the clustering coefficient C of the network:…”

Section: Structural Evolution Of Global Greenmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…e development of China's health industry, guided by effectively meeting people's health needs and promoting biomedical science and technology research and development, will provide a breakthrough for integration into the global innovation chain and industrial chain. At present, although the proportion of China's health industry is only 4-5%, with the public's attention to topics such as population aging, food hygiene, and safety and health preservation, the industry will generate huge consumer demand in the future [7,8]. China also issued the outline of "healthy China 2030" plan in 2016, raising the development of health industry as a national strategy.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Spatiotemporal Pattern Evolution in Global Green Trade Networks: Implications for Health Economics

Zhou

Wei

et al. 2021

Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Big health industry is an industry that provides whole process and all factor products and services for human comprehensive physical and mental health. With the increasingly close relationship between health and environment, green products take into account the characteristics of environmental protection, resource intensification, safety, and health, so that the green product industry for the purpose of health and environmental protection has become an important branch of the big health industry. To give a clear portrayal of changes in the global green product trade system, this study derives relevant trade data from the World Bank and the UN Comtrade and by analyzing the spatiotemporal evolution characteristics of the global green product trade pattern from 2001 to 2018, and it explores the product structure and status changes of countries (regions) in the global trading system for green products. According to the research findings, the closely connected global trade network for green products continues to expand. This is a typical network comprising “smaller worlds”; the focus of green product exports has largely stayed unchanged, while imports are shifting from North America and East Asia towards North America, Europe, and the Middle East; the spatial structure of the network shows a transition away from the original transcontinental “dual arch” pattern with the United States at the core towards a “transcontinental + intracontinental” one characterized by the coexistence of “multiple arches” centering around Europe and Asia; the trade network adopts a “point-to-point” model, with no obvious interdependence and competition between countries (regions); furthermore, geographically proximate and culturally similar countries are prone to have closer trade ties. By clarifying the global trade network of green products industry under the background of big health industry, it will help to deepen the understanding of the relationship between participating countries, promote the long-term and stable development of national health industry trade, provide the public with more safe and harmless products, better meet the global public’s health needs, and effectively enhance the sustainability of public health.

show abstract

“…Symptoms of pain were assessed using the EuroQol (EQ)-5 D health self-assessment questionnaire. This questionnaire has been used previously in the quality-of-life assessment of hypertensive and chronic kidney disease patient populations [12][13][14][15]. In this study, we used data from the pain/discomfort domain based on the question that asked subjects to rate "pain/discomfort" as either "I have no pain or discomfort", "I have moderate pain or discomfort", or "I have extreme pain or discomfort".…”

Section: Assessment Of Chronic Painmentioning

confidence: 99%

Chronic Pain and Its Association with Depressive Symptoms and Renal Function in Hypertensive Patients

Kalaitzidis

Theofilis

Touchantzidou

et al. 2022

IJERPH

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Chronic pain is a common concern and is considered to be one of the major problems in patients with chronic physical disorders. We studied the effect of pain in patients with hypertension with or without chronic kidney disease (CKD) and the association between pain and symptoms of depression. The study involved 158 hypertensive individuals (59.5% male, mean age 55 years), of whom 47 (29.8%) had CKD (estimated glomerular filtration rate < 60 mL/min/1.73 m2). Pain was assessed with the pain/discomfort domain of the EuroQol-5 D, while depressive symptoms were assessed with the depression module of the Patient health questionnaire (PHQ-9). The prevalence of chronic pain in our sample was 44.3%. Women exhibited chronic pain more often compared to men (57.1% vs. 42.9%, p < 0.001). The presence of CKD was not significantly associated with a higher prevalence of chronic pain among hypertensive patients. Depressive symptoms were significantly associated with the presence of chronic pain. These findings were confirmed in the logistic regression analysis. Chronic pain is common in hypertensive individuals and the association with depression warrants further investigation and may have practical implications in managing these patients.

show abstract

Health-Related Quality of Life and Its Influencing Factors for Elderly Patients With Hypertension: Evidence From Heilongjiang Province, China

Cited by 36 publications

References 43 publications

Association between comorbidity and health-related quality of life in a hypertensive population: a hospital-based study in Bangladesh

Association between comorbidity and health-related quality of life in a hypertensive population: a hospital-based study in Bangladesh

Spatiotemporal Pattern Evolution in Global Green Trade Networks: Implications for Health Economics

Chronic Pain and Its Association with Depressive Symptoms and Renal Function in Hypertensive Patients

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About