Health related quality of life and associated factors among patients treated for ischaemic heart disease in two public sector hospitals of Karachi, Pakistan.

Objectives: To determine the level of health-related quality of life among patients treated for ischaemic heart disease in two public-sector tertiary care settings.

Methods: The analytical cross-sectional study was conducted from July to September 2021 at two tertiary care hospitals in Karachi after approval from the ethics review boards of the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases and the Dow University of Health Sciences, and comprised patients of either gender treated for ischaemic heart disease after being diagnosed within the preceding year who were coming for follow-up in the outpatient department. Data was collected using the short version of the World Health Organisation quality of life tool.