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Background <p>Research indicates that men exhibit poor health-seeking behaviour despite their educational and socioeconomic status. Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) is a useful indicator of overall health and has gained widespread acceptance as a patient-centred approach to assessing overall health status. This cross-sectional survey aimed to assess HRQOL and examined its association with sociodemographic characteristics among outpatient adult males attending a primary care clinic at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), Ilorin.</p> Methods <p>An interviewer-administered questionnaire was administered to 392 adult male patients at the general outpatient clinic of the UITH over three months. The HRQOL was assessed with the World Health Organization Quality of Life abridged version (WHOQOL-BREF). Analysis of variance (ANOVA) and T-test were used to determine the mean difference between sociodemographic characteristics and mean domain HRQOL scores.</p> Results <p>Respondents scored highest in the physical domain, 65.35 ± 11.12 and scored lowest in the environmental domain, 50.22 ± 8.44 amongst the four measured domains. Respondents younger than 30, those who earned more and had a tertiary education scored highest across all HRQOL domains. Single respondents had the highest mean scores in the physical and psychological domains, while separated/divorced respondents had the highest mean scores in the environmental domain. The retired respondents scored poorly across all domains (<i>p</i> &lt; 0.05).</p> Conclusion <p>Significant disparities in HRQOL were observed across age, education and income categories. These findings underscore the need for interventions that address social and economic disadvantage among men and support the integration of HRQOL assessment into routine outpatient care.</p>

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Socio-demographic profiles and health-related quality of life among adult male outpatients in a Nigerian tertiary care centre: a cross-sectional survey

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    2026年5月20日

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  • Zuliat Nihinlola Sanni,
  • Ibrahim Suleiman Kuranga,
  • Ibrahim Layi Salau,
  • Ampitan Amoko,
  • AbdulRauf Segun Ibraheem

摘要

Background

Research indicates that men exhibit poor health-seeking behaviour despite their educational and socioeconomic status. Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) is a useful indicator of overall health and has gained widespread acceptance as a patient-centred approach to assessing overall health status. This cross-sectional survey aimed to assess HRQOL and examined its association with sociodemographic characteristics among outpatient adult males attending a primary care clinic at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), Ilorin.

Methods

An interviewer-administered questionnaire was administered to 392 adult male patients at the general outpatient clinic of the UITH over three months. The HRQOL was assessed with the World Health Organization Quality of Life abridged version (WHOQOL-BREF). Analysis of variance (ANOVA) and T-test were used to determine the mean difference between sociodemographic characteristics and mean domain HRQOL scores.

Results

Respondents scored highest in the physical domain, 65.35 ± 11.12 and scored lowest in the environmental domain, 50.22 ± 8.44 amongst the four measured domains. Respondents younger than 30, those who earned more and had a tertiary education scored highest across all HRQOL domains. Single respondents had the highest mean scores in the physical and psychological domains, while separated/divorced respondents had the highest mean scores in the environmental domain. The retired respondents scored poorly across all domains (p < 0.05).

Conclusion

Significant disparities in HRQOL were observed across age, education and income categories. These findings underscore the need for interventions that address social and economic disadvantage among men and support the integration of HRQOL assessment into routine outpatient care.