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Published in: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 1/2020

Open Access 01-12-2020 | Hypertension | Research

The differences in self-perceptions of aging, health-related quality of life and their association between urban and rural Chinese older hypertensive patients

Authors: Yunying Hou, Qing Wu, Dandan Zhang, Xiaohong Jin, Wenya Wu, Xiaohua Wang

Published in: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes | Issue 1/2020

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Abstract

Background

Most hypertensive clients are elderly, whose health-related quality of life (HRQL) may be associated with self-perceptions of aging (older individuals’ beliefs about their own aging). Meanwhile, culture and health disparities between rural and urban populations are substantial. Whether there are differences in self-perceptions of aging, HRQL, and their association among elderly hypertensive clients in urban and rural areas remains unknown. The objective of this study was to investigate and compare self-perceptions of aging and HRQL and their association among urban and rural older Chinese hypertensive clients.

Methods

A cross-sectional investigation was conducted in 15 urban community clinics and 22 village clinics from Suzhou, China. Older hypertensive adults were invited to complete a self-administered questionnaire addressing socio-demographic and clinical information, HRQL and self-perceptions of aging.

Results

There were 492 urban participants and 537 rural participants included in the analyses. The physical (40.0 ± 12.1 vs. 30.9 ± 8.9, P <  0.001) and mental (51.5 ± 8.3 vs. 46.0 ± 7.8, P <  0.001) HRQL scores of urban participants were all higher than those of rural ones. Urban participants’ scores on dimensions of “timeline cyclical”, “consequences negative”, and “control negative” of self-perceptions of aging questionnaire (APQ) were lower than those of rural participants (P <  0.001, respectively), while the scores on dimensions of “consequences positive” and “control positive” were higher (P <  0.001, respectively). Adjusted multivariate linear regression showed that participants who had worse self-perceptions of aging had poorer HRQL. Some APQ dimensions associated with urban or rural hypertensive elders’ HRQL were different.

Conclusions

Older hypertensive clients in rural areas have poorer self-perceptions of aging and HRQL than those in urban areas. Health care professionals should pay more attention to HRQL and self-perceptions of aging of older hypertensive clients in rural areas.
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Metadata
Title
The differences in self-perceptions of aging, health-related quality of life and their association between urban and rural Chinese older hypertensive patients
Authors
Yunying Hou
Qing Wu
Dandan Zhang
Xiaohong Jin
Wenya Wu
Xiaohua Wang
Publication date
01-12-2020
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Health and Quality of Life Outcomes / Issue 1/2020
Electronic ISSN: 1477-7525
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12955-020-01411-2

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