Effect of General Heath State, Therapy Satisfaction, INR Control on Quality of Life in Warfarin Patients

Objective: This study aimed to assess effect of general heath state, therapy satisfaction and INR control on quality of life in warfarin patients.

Methods: A cross-sectional study using a newly developed and validated research tool was conducted in patients on warfarin. Data was collected by convenience sampling method. Descriptive, comparative, and inferential statistics were used by Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) ver. 24 to determine the sociodemographic correlates of warfarin knowledge in warfarin patients.

Results: Among total 275 studied warfarin patients, the majority of the studied warfarin patients were females than males (n=184, 62.4%, and n=111, 37.6% respectively). A total of 188 (63.7%) patients were satisfied from their healthcare providers while 107 (36.3%) were not satisfied from healthcare providers. Around 128 (43.4%) of the patients were actively managing their disease while 167 (56.6%) of the patients were not able to actively manage their disease.

Conclusion: These results confirmed that overall study participants had moderate effect of QoL on general heath state, therapy satisfaction, and INR control among patients on warfarin.