Title: Correlation between health status and quality of life in elderly patients with hypertension
Abstract: OBJECTIVE To investigate the health status and analyze the factors of affecting the quality of life in elderly patients with hypertension.METHODS Using the convenience sampling method,307 of elderly patients with hypertension in Yanji city were investigated with the questionnaires about health status and quality of life.RESULTS There were statistical differences in the quality of life upon education level,former profession,the types of diseases and self-assessment of health(P0.01),and the factors of affecting the quality of life were the self-assessment of health,disease types,education level and fixed number of year of the sick,in which the self-assessment of health could explain 14.3% of total variation of the quality of life.CONCLUSION The health management on elderly patients with hypertension is the self-assessment of health as the breakthrough point to complete the psychological adjustment and improve the standard of quality of life.
Publication Year: 2013
Publication Date: 2013-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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