Influence of Integrated Chronic Disease Management Measures in Rural Medical Alliance on Health-Related Quality of Life of Hypertension Outpatients.

ABSTRACT: To evaluate the impact of the integrated outpatient clinic for chronic diseases (IOC-CD) on the quality of life of hypertension patients in Rural medical alliance of Zhejiang Province, and offer optimization suggestions. We conducted a cross-sectional study using the EuroQol five-dimensional questionnaire (EQ-5D) from October to November 2023. A total of 295 outpatients with essential hypertension were enrolled through random sampling. Trained investigators collected data via face-to-face paper-based questionnaires in waiting areas, and health utility values were calculated accordingly. The average EQ-VAS and utility scores of hypertensive patients in the integrated chronic disease outpatient clinics of the sampled areas are both at a high level. Among the sampled population, the dimension

SUBMITTER: Lin X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12547130 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature