Correlation between self-care behaviors and quality of life among patients with hypertension referred to Health Comprehensive Centers in Hamadan

Hypertension is one of the most important risk factors for heart diseases today and it may lead to changes in patient's quality of life. Therefore, control and self-care behaviors are so important. This study was conducted to study correlation between self-regulatory behaviors and quality of life among patients with hypertension referred to Health Comprehensive Centers in Hamadan.
This descriptive-analytical study was carried out on 200 hypertensive patients referred to Health Comprehensive Centers in Hamadan in 2017 years which were recruited with a multistage sampling method. A demographic questionnaire, the self-regulatory behaviors, and the quality of life (SF-36) questionnaires were used to collect data. Pearson’s correlation coefficient, t-test, and analysis of variance were conducted to analyze the data. All analyses were performed in SPSS-16.
The subjects reported 63.5% and 56.6% of receivable scores of self-care behaviors and quality of life, respectively; which was evaluated at rather desirable and undesirable levels. There was a significant relationship between quality of life and gender, marital status and body mass index (BMI). Also there were positive correlation between self-care behaviors and three dimmentio of quality of life including physical functioning, emotional well-being and bodily pain (P This study highlighted the role of self-care behaviors as a determinant of quality of life in patients with hypertension. Therefore, attention to self-care behaviors can increase hypertensive patients’ quality of life. So paying attention to the education of the hypertensive patients in health centers is essential.