Health state utilities of a population of Nigerian hypertensive patients
| Autor: | Maxwell Ogochukwu Adibe, Obinna Ikechukwu Ekwunife, Chioma J Onwuka, Cletus N. Aguwa, Ebenezer Barikpaoar |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
| Předmět: |
Quality of life
medicine.medical_specialty Pediatrics Health utility Population Short Report Nigeria lcsh:Medicine Disease General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology Internal medicine Validation medicine education lcsh:Science (General) Stroke lcsh:QH301-705.5 Medicine(all) education.field_of_study Emergency visit business.industry Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology(all) Nigerians lcsh:R Cardiovascular disease (CVD) General Medicine medicine.disease Blood pressure lcsh:Biology (General) Hypertension business lcsh:Q1-390 |
| Zdroj: | BMC Research Notes, Vol 4, Iss 1, p 528 (2011) BMC Research Notes |
| ISSN: | 1756-0500 |
| Popis: | Background Establishment of the health impact of hypertension on quality of life of Nigerians is a step towards controlling the disease. The study aimed to provide a Nigerian specific reference list of utility scores of hypertensive patients with various interacting conditions. Findings An interviewer-based, cross-sectional study was conducted using hypertensive patients in two purposively selected tertiary hospitals located in South-Eastern Nigeria. Health Utility Index Mark 3 (HUI3) was used. A total of 384 participants with either hypertension alone or with hypertension-associated complications were interviewed in the two tertiary hospitals. The overall mean utility score was 0.35 +/- 0.42. Patients with hypertension alone had the highest overall mean utility score (0.57 +/- 0.29) while hypertensive patients with stroke had the lowest overall mean score (0.04 +/- 0.36). Being a male, increase in age and mean arterial blood pressure, emergency visit and loss of work due to illness were associated with significant decrease in overall utility scores. Conclusions This study presented a reference for health state utilities of a population of Nigerian hypertensive patients. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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