HEALTH RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS AMONG ASTHMA PATIENTS IN UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR COMPREHENSIVE AND SPECIALIZED HOSPITAL, NORTH WEST, ETHIOPIA

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Abstract Introduction: Asthma is a disease characterized by chronic inflammatory disorder of the airways which results in enormous burden of disease, premature mortality and poor quality of life on patients. Evidences with regard to conventional clinical outcomes like respiratory symptoms and pulmonary functions, however, do not elucidate limitations in physical, emotional, and social life on patients, which influence patients’ quality of life. Assessing health-related quality of life of patients addresses various aspects of impacts due to illness, which cannot be obtained from clinical diagnosis procedures. Objective: To assess health-related quality of life and associated factors among asthma patients in University of Gondar Comprehensive and Specialized Hospital, North West Ethiopia, 2020. Methods: Institutional based cross-sectional study was used. A total of 422 patients were included using systematic random sampling method, from patients with confirmed diagnosis of asthma for at least 1 year. The data was analyzed by using STATA Version 14 soft ware. The influence of the different variables included in the study on the EuroQol five-dimensional and EuroQol VAS wasevaluated using bi-variable and multivariable binary logistic regression analysis at significance level of p-value<0.05. Finally, the results were presented by texts, tables and figures. Results: A total of 422 patients were finally included