Volume - 13 | Issue-1
Volume - 13 | Issue-1
Volume - 13 | Issue-1
Volume - 13 | Issue-1
Volume - 13 | Issue-1
Introduction: Hypertension is common in Saudi Arabia, and its prevalence is rising, yet it remains inadequately controlled. Few studies could characterize the epidemiology and management of hypertension across many heterogeneous subgroups. The high burden of the disease imposed a load on health care professional to identify risk factors associated with patients’ low quality of life and addresses them through different awareness campaigns. Inadequate health literacy is associated with worse health outcomes and carries high financial burden on both patients and healthcare system. There is insufficient data about health literacy among the hypertensive patients in Saudi Arabia. The 2014 global status report of non-communicable diseases published by the World Health Organization (WHO) showed that the prevalence of raised blood pressure in Saudi Arabia was approximately 26.6% among adults aged 18 and older. Aim of the study :To assessment Quality of Life among Hypertensive Patients Visiting the Primary Health Care Centers in Saudi Arabia in 2022 Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted to examine the study objectives. Convenience sampling was used to recruit patients with hypertension who visited primary healthcare centers in Saudi Arabia 2022. Results: shows that most of the participants (41.0%) were in the age group >50 years follow by the (37.0%) were in the age(25-50) years, also regarding Marital status the majority of participant are married were(56.0%) while single were(20.0%(. Regarding the smoking the majority of participant Non-smoker were(88.0%). While smoker were (12.0%) . Regarding the HYN duration the majority of participant duration from 5-10. were(45.0%). Regarding level of education the majority of participant are Secondary education were(34.0%) while Postgraduate education were(25.0%(. Regarding the occupation the majority of participant working were (61.0%) follow by overweight were(30.0%). Conclusion: Improve service quality and increase clinics responsible for providing hypertensive patients with health information. Also, design different levels of educational program and campaign need to fit with all people in the community to raise the awareness. hypertensive patients in Saudi Arabia have moderately high scores in all domains of Related Quality of Life .