From: Quality of life among people living with hypertension in a rural Vietnam community
Characteristics | N | (%) |
---|---|---|
Mean age (SD) 65.8 (9.9) | Â | Â |
Sex | Â | Â |
Men | 112 | 40.7 |
Women | 163 | 59.3 |
Education | Â | Â |
Under secondary school | 165 | 60.0 |
Higher | 110 | 40.0 |
Working status | Â | Â |
Currently working | 101 | 36.7 |
Not working | 174 | 63.3 |
Marital status | Â | Â |
Married | 193 | 70.2 |
Single/widowed/divorced/separated | 82 | 29.8 |
Religion | Â | Â |
None religion | 116 | 42.2 |
Buddhist | 126 | 45.8 |
Others | 33 | 12.0 |
Economic status | Â | Â |
Normal households | 262 | 95,3 |
Poor households | 13 | 4,7 |
Physical activities | Â | Â |
Low level | 116 | 42.2 |
Moderate level | 145 | 52.7 |
High level | 14 | 5.1 |
Duration of illness | Â | Â |
<1 year | 73 | 26.5 |
1 to less than 5 years | 147 | 53.5 |
5 to less than 10 years | 29 | 10.5 |
10+ years | 26 | 9.5 |
Adherence to treatment | Â | Â |
No | 128 | 46.5 |
Yes | 147 | 53.5 |
Presence of co-morbidity | Â | Â |
Diabetes | 29 | 10.5 |
Kidney diseases | 6 | 2.2 |
Cardiac diseases | 42 | 15.3 |
Stroke | 4 | 1.5 |
Arthritis | 39 | 14.2 |