Quality of life in hypertensive patients using the WHOQOL-BREF instrument in the post-pandemic Bangladesh: A cross-sectional study
The results revealed low QOL in psychological and social domain, including significant factors associated with the poor QOL in all domains. Planning and implementation of effective interventions are needed to improve QOL among hypertensive patients targeted towards aged, diabetic, lower income group who had positive COVID-19 infection and poor lifestyle through health system strengthening.
Authors
- Sarder Mahmud Hossain (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3481-7583)
- Nasrin Akter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2199-5353)
- Shahnaz Begam
- Bilkis Banu
- Farhana Faruque Zerin
- Fatema Afrin Kanta
Institutions
- Independent University, Bangladesh (BD)
- Northern University Bangladesh (BD)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2026-01-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0340897
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 30.07