Assessment of Health-related Quality of Life in Patients with Chronic Disease

Abstract

Aim: To assess Health-related Quality of Life (HRQOL) in patients with chronic disease. Method: A community-based prospective, observational, multicentre study was conducted by home-to-home survey for 4 months. Subjects ageing 35 years or more and suffering from either Hypertension, Angina, Coronary Artery Disease, Myocardial Infarction, Hyperlipidaemia, or Diabetes Mellitus were enrolled. This data was collected by face-to-face interviewing participants using the SF- 36 questionnaire. Result: In our study 300 participants were enrolled. The majority of participants belonged to the age group of 55-64 years. Nearly half of the them belonged to the rural area (58.33%), and cardiovascular disease was highly prevalent among our study participants (56.67%). The Physical functioning (PF) domain had the lowest (67.08 ± 25.73) and the social functioning (SF) domain had the highest mean score (90.47 ±15.60). HRQOL scores declined with the increase in age. Conclusion: Chronic diseases impairs physical health, and mental health was good in our study participants. As the duration of the disease increased the HRQOL score decreased and comorbidities deteriorates HRQOL.