Quality of Life for Adolescent Patients with Hypermobility Syndrome in Baghdad City: A Cross Sectional Study Hasan Aqeel Abdul Azeez.1,*, Abdulwahd Hala Saadi2 1Al-Russafa Health Directorate, Baghdad Governorate, Ministry of Health and Environment, Iraq 2Community Health Nursing Department, College of Nursing, University of Baghdad, Iraq *Corresponding author: Aqeel Abdul Azeez. Hasan. Al-Russafa Health Directorate, Baghdad Governorate, Ministry of Health and Environment, Iraq
Online published on 21 February, 2019. Abstract The study aimed to evaluate the quality of life for adolescent patients with hypermobility syndrome, compare their quality of life between them and determine the relationship between quality of life of these patients and their socio-demographic characteristics of age, gender, marital status and socioeconomic. A cross-sectional design was employed through the present study in order to achieve the objectives of the study for the period from 1stApril to 18thNovember, 2018. A purposive sample of (74) adolescent patients was selected; (40) male and (36) female diagnosed with hypermobility syndrome at orthopedic private clinics in Baghdad City. Validity of the instrument is determined through a panel of (15) experts in different fields of specialty. Data analysis conducted by using descriptive statistics and inferential statistics methods. The Summary statistics of the study sample's demographic characteristics shows that the sample distributed as early adolescents (32.9%), middle adolescents (34.2%) and late adolescents (32.9%), most of them are males (52.6%), and low socioeconomic status (40%) and the majority of them are singles (93.4%) The overall evaluation for the quality of life for patients with HMS reported that the vast majority of the patients have experienced fair level of QOL. Top Keywords Hypermobility Syndrome, Quality of Life, cross-sectional study. Top |