Measuring health-related quality of life in adults with chronic disease in primary care settings Riyadh First Health cluster, Saudi Arabia

Zahi M. Alqarni; Salman I. Alomran; Abdulrahman S. Alshihry; Turke A. Alajmi; Bander S. Alshehry; Osama S. Almutairi; Abdullah M. Aldossary

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Online Published: 28 Mar 2022

IJMDC. 2022; 6(5): 731-739

doi: 10.24911/IJMDC.51-1646897507

Measuring health-related quality of life in adults with chronic disease in primary care settings Riyadh First Health cluster, Saudi Arabia

Zahi M. Alqarni, Salman I. Alomran, Abdulrahman S. Alshihry, Turke A. Alajmi, Bander S. Alshehry, Osama S. Almutairi, Abdullah M. Aldossary.

Abstract
Background: Patients’ daily routines and work performance were found to be significantly hampered by chronic disorders. Hence, chronic illnesses could have a considerable negative impact on patients’ health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Thus, this study aimed to explore the Hr-QoL for adult patients with chronic conditions in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Methodology: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 324 adult residents of Riyadh city, Saudi Arabia who had chronic diseases. A questionnaire was distributed online that included four modules evaluating the subjects’ demographics, healthy days, activity limitations, and healthy days’ symptoms. The HRQOL-4 instrument was used to assess patients HRQol.
Results: Due to major disability or health difficulties, 21% of patients had their activities restricted for days. According to the HRQOL-4 scale, 12% of patients had poor HRQol, whereas 88% had good HRQol. Participants who were older, had less education, were retired, and had both hypertension (HTN) and diabetes mellitus (DM) had a higher percentage of those with poor HRQoL. Male participants, those with a monthly income of 5,000- 10,000 SR, and those with several chronic diseases all had a higher percentage of those with poor HRQoL.
Conclusion: Effective intervention programs should be developed to improve HRQoL among chronic illness patients. Patient’s gender, economic status, and the number of comorbidities should be taken into consideration.

Key words: HRQol, adults, chronic, diseases, PHC, Riyadh

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Alqarni ZM, Alomran SI, Alshihry AS, Alajmi TA, Alshehry BS, Almutairi OS, Aldossary AM. Measuring health-related quality of life in adults with chronic disease in primary care settings Riyadh First Health cluster, Saudi Arabia. IJMDC. 2022; 6(5): 731-739. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1646897507

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Alqarni ZM, Alomran SI, Alshihry AS, Alajmi TA, Alshehry BS, Almutairi OS, Aldossary AM. Measuring health-related quality of life in adults with chronic disease in primary care settings Riyadh First Health cluster, Saudi Arabia. IJMDC. (2022), [cited April 22, 2025]; 6(5): 731-739. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1646897507

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Alqarni, Z. M., Alomran, . S. I., Alshihry, . A. S., Alajmi, . T. A., Alshehry, . B. S., Almutairi, . O. S. & Aldossary, . A. M. (2022) Measuring health-related quality of life in adults with chronic disease in primary care settings Riyadh First Health cluster, Saudi Arabia. IJMDC, 6 (5), 731-739. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1646897507

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Alqarni, Zahi M., Salman I. Alomran, Abdulrahman S. Alshihry, Turke A. Alajmi, Bander S. Alshehry, Osama S. Almutairi, and Abdullah M. Aldossary. 2022. Measuring health-related quality of life in adults with chronic disease in primary care settings Riyadh First Health cluster, Saudi Arabia. International Journal of Medicine in Developing Countries, 6 (5), 731-739. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1646897507

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Alqarni, Zahi M., Salman I. Alomran, Abdulrahman S. Alshihry, Turke A. Alajmi, Bander S. Alshehry, Osama S. Almutairi, and Abdullah M. Aldossary. "Measuring health-related quality of life in adults with chronic disease in primary care settings Riyadh First Health cluster, Saudi Arabia." International Journal of Medicine in Developing Countries 6 (2022), 731-739. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1646897507

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Alqarni, Z. M., Alomran, . S. I., Alshihry, . A. S., Alajmi, . T. A., Alshehry, . B. S., Almutairi, . O. S. & Aldossary, . A. M. (2022) Measuring health-related quality of life in adults with chronic disease in primary care settings Riyadh First Health cluster, Saudi Arabia. International Journal of Medicine in Developing Countries, 6 (5), 731-739. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1646897507

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