title: [Study of the quality of life in patients with isolated systolic hypertension].
abstract: The aim of our study was to evaluate quality of life (QL) of elderly and old people diseased with isolated systolic hypertension (ISH) according to their sex and age subgroups. 57 patients were involved in the research (19 men, among them: 11--elderly and 8--old, average age was 69,4+/-5,1; 38 women, 24--elderly, 14--old, average age--67,4+/-5,2). The cognitive indicator was evaluated by the form MMS (MINI-MENTAL STATE). QL was evaluated according to the inquirer "Evaluation of Quality of Life Among Psychosomatic Patients" worked out by Sidorov, Soloviev and Novikov. It was shown that the QL was especially low in old people, in men it was higher than in women. Investigations conducted for the evaluation of the QL of people diseased with ISH enabled us to conclude that somatic, psychological, social conditions of the elderly and old people diseased with ISH are extremely low.
authors.affiliation: National Center of Therapy, Tbilisi, Georgia.
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Gokieli
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Tsiskarishvili
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires