Health-related quality of life among people participating in a metabolic syndrome e-screening program: A web-based study

Abstract

Background:Cardiovascular diseases remain the leading cause of death worldwide. Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is the clustering of risk factors for developing the disease. Strong evidence exists for the efficacy of screening for MetS. However, the potential of novel web-based studies for MetS and online assessing of the quality of life (QOL) for these high-risk participants have not been explored.Methods:This was a web-based, cross-sectional study. Participants were recruited through online registering on the study website. Then, those who met the study criteria (waist circumference [WC] ≥90 and blood pressure [BP] ≥130/85) were contacted and invited for the clinical assessments, if they wish. Baseline measurements were MetS risk factors (weight, WC, body mass index and BP, total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol, triglycerides, and fasting blood glucose) and health-related QOL (HRQOL) that was measured using the short form-36 (SF-36).Results:There were 1436 (male: 928, female: 508) registration data on the study website. Reviewing the data, of 317 eligible participants that were invited to the study, 229 persons were responded to invitation in the screening program. The mean age of participants was 43.8 (standard deviation [SD] = 9.9) years. MetS was more frequent in male and married persons. In addition, participants with MetS had lower mean (SD) scores than participants without MetS for the following subscales of HRQOL as: role-physical (with MetS 51.1±35.2; versus without MetS 65.3 ± SD = 40.1), vitality (with MetS 65± 21; versus without MetS 75.3 ± 21.1), mental health (with MetS 49.5±30.1; versus without MetS 34.1±17.2)(P < 0.05 for all).Conclusions:People with MetS experienced lower HRQOL than without MetS. Internet as a powerful medium offers a novel setting for delivery health information. It seems that high BP and abdominal obesity are associated with lower HRQOL in the participants with MetS. A web-based prevention program could make people aware for their vulnerability to MetS and its complications.

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“…A large body of research found that people with MetS report lower HRQOL than people without MetS. 12 , 14 , 47 Our results were consistent with other studies. 48 , 49 Oh et al 48 reported that therapeutic lifestyle modification had been resulted in greater improvements in physical function ( P =0.017), general health ( P =0.001), vitality ( P =0.008) and mental health ( P =0.027).…”

“…12 Several components of MetS such as abdominal obesity, hypertension and diabetes have been associated with lower HRQOL. 13 , 14 In line with this evidence Ford and colleagues indicated that of five components of MetS abdominal obesity and hyper trigliceridemia showed inverse association with HRQOL. 15…”

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“…Previous study also reported lower health-related QoL level in people with metabolic syndrome. 42 QoL level was also negatively correlated with the level of CRP. This may be interpreted as an elevation in CRP level due to stress reaction 4 or a reduced QoL due to a worsening of medical condition.…”

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“…Jahangiri et al demonstrated negative relationship between HRQOL and MetS. They declared that abdominal obesity and high blood pressure are associated with lower HRQOL in the participants with MetS [12]. Tsai et al revealed that participants with MetS had lower scores on physical function and general health [37].…”

“…The third report of the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III (ATP III) recognized the metabolic syndrome as a secondary target of risk-reduction therapy [11]. On the other hand, the negative effect of MetS on Health-Related Quality of life (HRQOL) have been reffered to in some studies [12, 13]. However, the quality of life status in veterans with or without metabolic syndrome has not been explored completely among the so called population.…”