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A Study on Assessment of Prescription Pattern and Quality of Life in Hypertensive Patients in a Tertiary Care Hospital

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  1. 1Department of Pharmacy Practice, Crescent College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Payangadi, Kerala, INDIA..
  2. 2Crescent College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Payangadi, Kerala, INDIA..

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Athira TM

Department of Pharmacy Practice, Crescent College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Payangadi, Kerala, INDIA..

athiratm99@gmail.com

Received: 21-09-2022; Accepted: 06-03-2023.

Volume 16, Issue 2 · pp. 138-146 · 2023 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.16.2.22

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Aim: The study aims to assess the prescription pattern and quality of life in hypertensive patients in a tertiary care hospital.Materials and Methods: A prospective observational study of a six- month duration was conducted. All the data were documented and analyzed based on a standard protocol and entered into Microsoft Excel. Quality of life was collected using World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOOQL)-BREF Questionnaire. The statistical analysis was done by IBM Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) Statistics Version 28.0.0.0.Results: A total of 174 hypertensive patients consisting of 111 males and 63 females of age group 32-88 years were included in the study. The study showed Hypertension (HTN) was commonly affected in males. It was further clarified that Stage 2 HTN was the most prevalent one. The patients have been prescribed a total of 9 categories of anti-hypertensives in which the most commonly prescribed anti-hypertensives were diuretics (66.06%) and the least prescribed were alpha (α)- blockers (1.74%) and central sympatholytic (1.74%). Quality of Life (QOL) of hypertensive patients was carried out using the WHOQOL-BREF questionnaires. The comparison shows that a high mean score is seen in the psychological domain and a low mean score is seen in the social health domain.Conclusion:The study provides an overall layout regarding the prescription pattern and QOL in hypertensive patients. The patients were administered a total of 9 categories of anti- hypertensives. From the study, it was concluded that diuretics were the most prescribed anti- hypertensive drug. The average QOL in hypertensive patients were observed more in the psychological health domain (46.19).

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    TM, A., MK, S., Shaji, S., Nissar, A., TV, H., & Razack, F. R. (2023). A Study on Assessment of Prescription Pattern and Quality of Life in Hypertensive Patients in a Tertiary Care Hospital. Indian Journal of Pharmacy Practice, 16(2), 138-146. https://doi.org/10.5530/ijopp.16.2.22

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