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SYSTEMATIC REVIEW article

Front. Cardiovasc. Med.
Sec. Cardiovascular Epidemiology and Prevention
Volume 11 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2024.1419538

A systematic review and meta-analysis of health-related quality of life among patients with cardiovascular diseases in Ethiopia

Provisionally accepted
Worku Chekol Tassew Worku Chekol Tassew *Agerie Mengistie Zeleke Agerie Mengistie Zeleke Samson Sisay Woldie Samson Sisay Woldie Yeshiwas Ayale Ferede Yeshiwas Ayale Ferede
  • Teda Health Science College, Gondar, Ethiopia

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    Introduction: Despite Ethiopia's best efforts, the physical, psychological, social, and environmental quality of life among patients with cardiovascular illnesses such as hypertension has not received adequate consideration. The quality of life of among patients with cardiovascular disease in Ethiopia has not been thoroughly examined; therefore this study aimed to assess the prevalence and associated factors of health-related quality of life among patients with cardiovascular disease. Methods: The results of this systematic review and meta-analysis were reported in accordance with the International Recommended Reporting items for Systematic Review and Meta-analysis guidelines. A thorough search of published literature was conducted utilizing reliable databases (PubMed) and web searches (Science Direct, African Journals Online, and Google Scholar). The extracted data were imported to STATA version 11 to determine the pooled prevalence of health-related quality of life. The heterogeneity of the results of the primary studies was analyzed using Cochran's Q chi-square test and quantified using I² statistics. A funnel plot and Egger's test were used to determine the presence of publication bias. Results: The current systematic review and meta-analysis included 10 published articles. The pooled prevalence of health-related quality of life among patients with cardiovascular disease in Ethiopia was 45.32% (95% CI: 37.44–53.20, P<0.001). Age older than 60 years (OR = 3.71, 95% CI: 2.81-4.89), chronic comorbidities (OR: 2.87, 95% CI: 1.72-3.4.79), and rural residence (OR = 15.31, 95% CI: 2.82-83.26) were associated with poor health-related quality of life. Conclusion: According to the findings of this study, a large number of patients with cardiovascular disease in Ethiopia have poor health-related quality of life. Furthermore, age above 60 years, comorbidities, and rural residence had substantial impacts on patients' quality of life. As a result, this review recommends that quality of life evaluation be included in routine patient's treatment regimen.

    Keywords: health-related quality of life, cardiovascular disease, Meta-analysis, Systematic review, Ethiopia

    Received: 18 Apr 2024; Accepted: 25 Nov 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Tassew, Zeleke, Woldie and Ferede. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Worku Chekol Tassew, Teda Health Science College, Gondar, Ethiopia

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