Comparative Study on Health-related Quality of Life among Patients with Chronic Non-communicable Disease
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This cross-sectional analytical study aimed to investigate personal ability in a daily life, levels of health-related quality of life, and compare mean of health-related quality of life among patients with chronic non-communicable disease. The samples were 309 patients with chronic non-communicable disease in Phare Province, selected using multi-stage sampling procedures. Data were collected using a questionnaire consisting of two parts. Part 1: characteristics and personal ability in a daily life of study participants. Part 2: World health organization quality of life assessment form, Thai version. The results showed that patients with non-communicable diseases could demonstrate their various daily-life abilities, including communicating, hearing, seeing, routine activities and traveling, with a fair level to an excellent level, based on their self-assessment. Most of the overall health-related quality of life was at a high level; 92.3% of patients with hypertension, 87.4% of patients with diabetes, and 88.2% of patients with hypertension combined with diabetes. The patients with hypertension had a higher overall health-related quality of life than patients with diabetes mellitus at statistically significant p-value < 0.05. Thus, the relevant departments should incorporate this information in their decision-making to implement future projects for efficiency and effectiveness and make it suitable for each context of the health-related areas.
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