Irak Al-Najaf Al-Ashraf Şehri Eğitim Hastanesi'ndeki hipertansif hastaların yaşam kalitesi ve hipertansiyon farkındalığı

The aim of this study is to evaluate hypertension awareness and quality of life in hypertension patients treated in a training hospital in Iraq. Analytical research design was used in the study. The population of the study consists of hypertension patients who are followed up in the Teaching Hospital in Al-Nejaf Al-Ashraf Province/Iraq. The sample of the study consisted of 120 patients who applied to the hospital on February 1, 2022 and May 1, 2022 and met the research criteria. Study data were collected with Health-Related Quality Of Life, the Sociodemographic data form, Patient awareness evaluation form. 35% of the patients were between the ages of 46-55 and 62.5% were female. It is seen that 25% of the evaluated patients are illiterate and 22.5% are high school graduates. 59.2% of the patients resided in the city and 73.3% of them had hypertension between 1-10 years. It was observed that the quality of life increased as the age of the patients increased and the highest quality of life was statistically higher in the 66-75 age range (p<0,05). It has been determined that the quality of life of individuals who do not work and who have a disease year of 21-30 years is high (p<0,05). It has been observed that there is a significant relationship between the awareness of hypertension disease and the quality of life of the patients (p<0,05).As a result, increasing the awareness of the disease in adults with hypertension can improve the patient's quality of life.