Quality of Life in elderly inpatients with atrial fibrillation as compared with controlled subjects.

The Journal of Nutrition, Health & Aging
C Perret-GuillaumeF Empereur

Abstract

Since few studies have investigated Health related Quality of Life (HRQoL) in older patients with atrial fibrillation, the aim of this cross-sectional study was to compare HRQoL in AF elderly inpatients of 65 and more with that of age-matched controlled subjects. HRQoL was assessed with two generic HRQoL instruments: the MOS-SF 36, a largely recognized instrument, and the Duke Health Profile. Nancy University Hospital patients presenting with atrial fibrillation and three controls per patient free of cardiac arrhythmias, matched by age, sex and hospital department to atrial fibrillation patients. Forty one atrial fibrillation patients and 123 controls were included. Both groups were comparable for associated disorders, other than coronary artery disease and chronic respiratory failure. After adjustment, scores among atrial fibrillation patients were lower than among controls in 8 of 10 Duke and 6 of 8 SF-36 subscales. In terms of Quality of Life, meaningful differences (>or= 5 points) were recorded in the Duke: Mental, Depression, Anxiety, General Score; and in the SF-36: Physical functioning, Role emotional, Social functioning and Vitality. Nevertheless statistically significant differences were only observed for the Duke Ment...Continue Reading

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