Summary: | Abdulaziz Ibrahim Alzarea,1 Yusra Habib Khan,1 Sami I Alzarea,2 Abdullah Salah Alanazi,1 Omar Awad Alsaidan,3 Maily J Alrowily,4 Monefah Al-Shammari,5 Ziyad Saeed Almalki,6 Majed A Algarni,7 Tauqeer Hussain Mallhi1 1Department of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Jouf University, Sakaka, Al-Jouf, Saudi Arabia; 2Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Jouf University, Sakaka, Al-Jouf, Saudi Arabia; 3Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, Jouf University, Sakaka, Al-Jouf, Saudi Arabia; 4Department of Radiology, Aljouf Health Cluster, Domat Al-Jandal, Al-Jouf, Saudi Arabia; 5Domat Al-Jandal General Hospital, Aljouf Health Cluster, Domat Al Jandal, Al-Jouf, Saudi Arabia; 6Department of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia; 7Department of Clinical pharmacy, College of pharmacy, Taif university, Taif, Saudi ArabiaCorrespondence: Abdulaziz Ibrahim Alzarea; Tauqeer Hussain Mallhi, Email aizarea@ju.edu.sa; thhussain@ju.edu.saObjective: Chronic diseases hold the potential to worsen the overall health of patients by limiting their functional status, productivity, and capacity to live well, affecting their overall health-related quality of life (HRQoL). The purpose of the study was to assess the HRQoL of individuals with chronic diseases residing in the Al-Jouf region of Saudi Arabia. Furthermore, the current study also sought to ascertain the impact of multimorbidity and the duration of illness on HRQoL.Material and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among the residents of Al-Jouf region for a period of 6 months. A self-administered EuroQoL (EQ-5D-5L) study tool was used. Appropriate statistical analysis was conducted to ascertain the relationship between various variables and HRQoL.Results: A total of 500 out of 562 participants completed the study, with a response rate of 88.97%. Participants had a mean age of 46.15 ± 16.79 years, and the majority were female (n = 299; 59.80%). A mean HRQoL score of 0.82 ± 0.20 was ...
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