scholarly journals Health Related Quality of Life and Associated Factors among Adult Hypertensive Patients on Jimma University Specialized Hospital, South West Ethiopia, 2014 GC

2018 ◽  
Vol 07 (02) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anwar Abdulwahed ◽  
Ibrahim Yimam ◽  
Anwar Seid
Keyword(s):  
Associated Factors ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Hypertensive Patients ◽  
South West ◽  
Specialized Hospital ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related ◽  
South West Ethiopia ◽  
Jimma University

scholarly journals Health-Related Quality of Life and Associated Factors Among People Living with HIV /AIDS Following ART Clinic in Jimma University Specialized Hospital, Southwest Ethiopia: A Facility- Based Cross-Sectional Study

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 572-583
Author(s):  
Tamiru Tesfaye ◽  
Jiregna Darega ◽  
Tefera Belachew ◽  
Abebe Abera
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
People Living With Hiv ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Specialized Hospital ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Living With Hiv ◽  
Jimma University ◽  
Hiv Aids

Background:HIV care of people living with HIV /AIDS (PLWH/A) is critical for fruitful HIV inhibition, treatment and provision of quality of life. The goal of Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ART) is to suppress viral replication, lessen morbidity and death, and improve patients’ quality of life. The quality of life of HIV/AIDS patients is not well appraised in the study area beforehand. Therefore, this study assessed the health-related quality of life and associated factors among people living with HIV /AIDS followed by ART Clinic in Jimma University Specialized Hospital, Southwest Ethiopia.Methods:We used facility based cross-sectional study design and 351 samples selected by systematic random sampling from Jimma University Specialized Hospital ART clinic in March-2014. Data were collected through interviewer-administered questionnaires and analyzed by using SPSS version 20.0 software. Descriptive analysis (frequency and percentage) was calculated. Bivariate and multivariate analyses were used to identify associated factors. The association between the explanatory and dependent variables was assessed at p-value of less than 0.05. The results were presented in a narrative form, tables and graphs.Results:From the total respondents, 143 (40.7%) of them have low quality of life in general. Of these, 238 (67.8%) of them had low psychological domain, 136 (38.7%) had low physical domain and 223 (63.5%) low social domain. The age ≤ 39 years (AOR = 2.381 [95% CI = 1.238, 4.579]), Currently employed (AOR= 3.509 [95% CI = 1.900, 6.482]), current CD4 count ≥ 250 cell/ml (AOR = 2.663 [95% CI = 1.363,5.203]), current WHO Stage I-II (AOR = 4.772 [95% CI = 2.308, 9.865]), good general health condition (AOR = 2.609 [95%CI = 1.372, 4.961]), no comorbidity (AOR = 7.737 [95% CI = 4.146, 4.438), friendly social relationship (AOR = 5.395 [95% CI = 2.781, 10.467]), other persons reminded their drugs took time (AOR = 3.363 [95% CI = 1.629, 6.943]) and drunk alcohol (AOR = 1.915[95% CI = 1.039, 3.529]) were identified as the predictors of health related quality of life.Conclusion:Findings of this study indicate that the significant number of participants exists on low-level- of health related quality of life in general. The age, occupation, current CD4 count level, current WHO stage status, general health conditions, comorbidity conditions, status of their social relations, their conditions due to lack of support, reminder of drugs taking time, and alcohol drinking status have been observed to have a statistically significant association with their health-related quality of life status.

scholarly journals Health-related quality of life and associated factors among patients with stroke at tertiary level hospitals in Ethiopia

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. e0248481
Author(s):  
Ashenafi Zemed ◽  
Kalkidan Nigussie Chala ◽  
Getachew Azeze Eriku ◽  
Andualem Yalew Aschalew
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Associated Factors ◽  
Tertiary Level ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Health Domain ◽  
Specialized Hospital ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Physical Health Domain

Introduction Evidence on a patient-centered assessment of outcome among patients with stroke is limited in Ethiopia. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the level of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and associated factors in Ethiopia’s tertiary level hospitals. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted at three tertiary level hospitals (Felege Hiwot comprehensive specialized hospital, University of Gondar comprehensive specialized hospital, and Dessie referral hospital) from April 1 to May 31, 2019. A total of 180 patients with stroke were included, and a consecutive sampling method was employed to recruit the participants. RAND 36-Item Health Survey was used to measure the HRQOL. A generalized linear model with a gamma distribution and log-link function was used to investigate potential predictors, and variables with a P value of <0.05 were considered statistically significant. Results Out of the participants, 50.56% were female. The average age and average duration of illness were 59.04 (12.71) and 1.5 (1.46) years, correspondingly. The physical health domain score was higher than the mental health domain score. Education (P = 0.041), social support (P = 0.050), disability (P <0.001), co-morbidity (P = 0.011), depression (P = 0.015) and income (<1000 ETB P = 0.002; 1000–4000 ETB P = 0.009) were associated with physical health domain. Whereas, ischemic stroke (P = 0.014), education (P = 0.020), disability (P <0.001), and depression (P <0.001) were associated with the mental health domain. Conclusion The HRQOL of the patients was low. Social support and lower disability status were associated with higher HRQOL, whereas disability and depression were associated with higher HRQOL. Therefore, attention should be given to strengthening social support; health professionals should focus on reducing disability/physical dependency and depression, as these are vital factors for improving HRQOL.

scholarly journals Level of self-care practice and associated factors among hypertensive patients in Jimma University Specialized Hospital, south west Ethiopia

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
anwar Abdulwahed ◽  
Anwar Seid ◽  
Ebrahim Yimam
Keyword(s):  
Educational Attainment ◽  
Associated Factors ◽  
Self Care ◽  
Independent Effect ◽  
Care Practice ◽  
Hypertensive Patients ◽  
South West ◽  
Specialized Hospital ◽  
South West Ethiopia ◽  
Jimma University

Abstract Background: Globally hypertension is a major public health problem and leading cause of mortality in developing countries. Self-care practice encourage hypertensive patients to have better quality of life by preventing complication and decrease health care expenditure. The aim of this study is to assess self-care practice and associated factors among hypertension patients in Jimma University Specialized Hospital, south west Ethiopia.Methods: An institution based cross-sectional study was employed on 322 adult hypertensive patients using simple random sampling procedure between March to May, 2016. Data was analyzed using SPSS version 20.0. A p-value of <0.05 was considered as statistically significant. Adjusted odds ratio at 95% CI was considered to declare the independent effect of independents variables on the outcome.Result: In this study, the overall participants with the recommended level of self-care practice were found to be 44.7%. Being employed [AOR = 2.032, 95% Confidence Interval [CI]: (1.162, 3.552), educational attainment (AOR = 3.730, 95% CI: (1.837, 7.576) and presence of comorbidity diseases (AOR = 0.502, 95% CI:0.2886, 0.8850) were factors significantly associated with self-care practice.Conclusion and recommendation: This study revealed levels of self-care practice were low among hypertensive patients. Occupation, educational status and comorbidity were factors significantly associated with self-care practice. Hypertensive patients with low socioeconomic status, no formal educational attainment and with co-morbidity needs special attention to improve their self-care practice.

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