Quality of life and emotional impact of a fixed-dose combination of antihypertensive drugs in patients with uncontrolled hypertension
| Autor: | Roland E. Schmieder, Agnes Jumar, Ana-Filipa Alexandre, Eva-Maria Fronk, Peter Bramlage |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
State of health Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism Fixed-dose combination Therapeutics 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Treatment targets Quality of life (healthcare) Internal Medicine medicine Humans In patient 030212 general & internal medicine Antihypertensive Agents business.industry Effective management Mental health Drug Combinations Hypertension Emergency medicine Quality of Life Physical therapy Anxiety medicine.symptom Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business |
| Zdroj: | J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) |
| ISSN: | 1524-6175 |
| Popis: | Often considered to be a symptomless condition, hypertension can be associated with a significant emotional burden. To analyze changes of health‐related quality of life as well as the emotional burden questions regarding the impact of hypertension were incorporated into the noninterventional SeviTarget study. Comparisons were made between baseline and follow‐up findings, and between patients with treatment target achievement and those without. A total of 5831 patients were recruited. At baseline, only 33.3% of patients described their current state of health as good or excellent, while at follow‐up this value had risen to 75.8%. Responses regarding symptoms and limitations in activities and mental factors such as anxiety associated with treatment all improved during antihypertensive treatment. Changes to more optimistic responses were more likely for patients who achieved a target BP of |
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