Correlation between hypertension and body activity, quality of life

Abstract

Hypertension is a worldwide disease now and the number of patients has been continuously increasing in an aging society. This persistent and long-lasting chronic disease cannot be cured normally, so to patients with hypertension who undergo long term treatment, wide range of treatment and caring is encouraging. Quality of life is one of an important implication for assessing patients' physical and mental status. EQ-5D is a widely used standards to assessing patients' quality of life. This paper analyzes correlation between hypertension and body activity and quality of life. We compared intensity and frequency of body activities and EQ-5D index between hypertension patiens and healthy people. As a result, the days of body activities of patients with hypertension was less than healthy people. Most of patients did not do intense physical activities at all. Also, their quality of life based on EQ-5D index was lower than healthy people. ©2016 International Information Institute.