Assessment of risk factors associated with malnutrition in under five chidren in Rulindo district.

Abstract

Background: Non communicable diseases are now 21st centenary major health and development challenges, where their long-term impairment and disability result the negative impact on quality of life on the other hand has negative impact on the society, economic and the environment. The inadequate management of these diseases leads to the negative effect on the sustainability of development at both the country and global level. The several studies concluded that people diagnosed with hypertension and diabetes their quality of life were lower compared to general population. The population of Rwanda is now characterized by increasing life expectancy and westernization, hypertension and diabetes has now changed from a relative rarity to a major problem as a result and account not little number of morbidity and premature mortality. The Purpose of the study: were designed to assess the quality of life (QOL) in the patients with hypertension and diabetic as chronic non communicable diseases (NCDs). Methods: The study was quantitative non experimental, descriptive cross-sectional. The total number of participants was 160 patients diagnosed with hypertension and diabetes, who were followed in the outpatient clinic of Kigali university teaching hospital and Rwanda military hospital from March to May, 2017. The quality of life was measured by using World Health Organization Quality Of Life (WHOQOL-BREF) questionnaire self administration. Bivariate and backward multiple linear regression analysis conducted to determine the association between QOL of study population and socio- demographic variables. Data was analyzed by using SPSS version 20. Results: the majority respondents’ score indicate a relatively moderate quality of life, lower quality of life in physical domain and good in social domain. The study showed statistically significant difference of Age (p<0.05) in all QoL domains and education level (p< 0.05) and quality of life. Conclusion: poor quality of life was associated with ageing, lower education status. The appropriate strategies need to be implemented in order to prevent the growth of these noncommunicable diseases due to their impact on quality of life and to improve the quality of life for the patients.