Health related quality of life in hypertensive patients in a tertiary care teaching hospital.

Background: Quality of life (QOL) evaluation has emerged as an important outcome measure for chronic diseases like hypertension.

Aims: To determine QOL in patients suffering from hypertension using MINICHAL and WHOQOL-BREF tools.

Methods And Material: The study was carried out for eight weeks in medicine outpatient department of a tertiary care hospital.