Table 6.
The impact of hypertension therapy factors on the assessment of specific domains of quality of life.
| Quality of Life Domains | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physical | Psychological | Social | Environmental | ||
| Constantly taking hypotensive drugs | 0 meds | 13 | 13 ± 1 | 15 | 13.5 ± 0.5 |
| 1 med | 14.09 ± 2.18 | 13.58 ± 2.06 | 12.61 ± 2.45 | 13.67 ± 1.73 | |
| 2 meds | 15.11 ± 2.26 | 14.44 ± 2.44 | 14.04 ± 2.73 | 14.65 ± 1.7 | |
| 3 meds | 14.83 ± 2.03 | 14.08 ± 1.63 | 14.67 ± 1.65 | 14.83 ± 1.4 | |
| 4 meds | 14 | 15 | 15 | 13 | |
| p | 0.224 | 0.141 | 0.697 | 0.059 | |
| Owning a BP measuring device | Yes | 14.9 ± 2.14 | 14.42 ± 2.22 | 13.93 ± 2.54 | 14.52 ± 1.63 |
| No | 13.31 ± 2.33 | 12.69 ± 1.68 | 11.92 ± 2.33 | 12.92 ± 1.73 | |
| p | 0.017 | 0.01 | 0.009 | 0.002 | |