2016
DOI: 10.4103/1117-1936.196252
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Pattern and predictive factors of health-related quality of life of patients with hypertension, diabetes and concomitant hypertension with diabetes in Ilorin, Nigeria

Abstract: This study provided evidence to show that HRQoL across the three categories of patients in Ilorin, Nigeria, is suboptimal. Drug regimen, medication adherence and support from accompanying persons were important predictive factors of HRQoL.

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“…Moreover, we emailed for nine authors to request extra information lost from their papers. However, two authors [11,21] replied to the email request. The search was restricted to papers published in between January 1, 2000 to April 1, 2020 in sub-Saharan Africa and published in English.…”
Section: Searching Strategymentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Moreover, we emailed for nine authors to request extra information lost from their papers. However, two authors [11,21] replied to the email request. The search was restricted to papers published in between January 1, 2000 to April 1, 2020 in sub-Saharan Africa and published in English.…”
Section: Searching Strategymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Recently, many studies have been conducted in sub-Saharan countries on the level of HRQoL and their associated factors among diabetic patients [6,[9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23]. However the result of these studies lacks consistent with the level of HRQoL and even the factors that have significant association with HRQoL among diabetic patients varies across the studies.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Cyanide is formed following the hydrolysis of cyanogenic glycosides that occurs when the plant material is crushed, either during consumption or during processing of the food crop. Consumption of improperly processed cyanogenic plants can lead to chronic and acute health problems (Bolarinwa et al, 2016). The presence of cyanogenic glycosides does not immediately mean that the extract from the plant is toxic.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…The SF-36v2 ® Health Survey (11) was utilised to measure QoL and has been used in many African studies as a measuring tool. (12)(13)(14) It is suitable for administration to adults 18 years and older and can be used across age, disease and treatment groups. This questionnaire comprises 36 five-point, Likert-scale items used to measure 8 domains of HRQoL, namely physical functioning (PF), role limitations due to physical health (RP), bodily pain (BP), general health perceptions (GH), vitality (VT), social functioning (SF), role limitations due to emotional problems (RE) and mental health (MH).…”
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confidence: 99%