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Health-Related Quality of Life and Associated Factors in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation: An Integrative Literature Reviewopen access

Authors
Son, Youn-JungBaek, Kyoung-HwaLee, Suk JeongSeo, Eun Ji
Issue Date
Sep-2019
Publisher
NLM (Medline)
Keywords
atrial fibrillation; health-related quality of life; integrative review
Citation
International journal of environmental research and public health, v.16, no.17
Journal Title
International journal of environmental research and public health
Volume
16
Number
17
URI
https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/cau/handle/2019.sw.cau/37032
DOI
10.3390/ijerph16173042
ISSN
1660-4601
1660-4601
Abstract
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common cardiac arrhythmia associated with poor health-related quality of life (HRQoL). However, the factors influencing HRQoL in patients with AF are not well understood. The purpose of integrative review was to investigate the factors affecting HRQoL in patients with AF based on the six domains of Ferrans and colleagues' HRQoL model. A total of 23 relevant articles published between January 2000 and March 2018 were identified using four databases and analyzed in this study. Our review showed that the HRQoL in patients with AF was consistently lower than both healthy individuals and patients with other cardiovascular diseases. The most common factor associated with HRQoL in patients with AF was anxiety-specific to AF in the symptoms domain, followed by frequency and severity of symptoms and the New York Heart Association functional class. This study highlights that monitoring and assessing patients' symptoms is vital for improving HRQoL in patients with AF. Disease-specific and cross-culturally validated tools can allow healthcare professionals to provide tailored interventions for patients with AF.
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