Official journal of the Slovak Society of Cardiology,
Slovak Society of Hypertension and Slovak Association for Cardiac Arrhythmias

Cardiology Letters 2017, 26(1):19-24

Quality of life in patients with atrial fibrillation

Šantová T1, Cinová J1, Šuličová A1, Šimová Z1, Novotná Z1, Junová E2
1 Prešovská univerzita v Prešove, Fakulta zdravotníckych odborov
VÚSCH, a.s., Košice, Slovenská republika

The aim of this study was to verify the individual domains of quality of life of patients with atrial fibrillation before and after the implementation of electrical cardioversion (EKV) with stratification based on the type of diagnosed atrial fibrillation. We employed an abbreviated version of a standardized World Health Organization WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire for collection of empirical data. Based on our findings we may conclude that patients' quality of life improved significantly together with their subjective perception of their health status. Moreover, we demonstrated a statistically significant difference in the subjective perception of patients' quality of life and satisfaction with their health status based on the type of diagnosed atrial fibrillation. We also assume that the quality of patients' life after cardioversion improved in all types of atrial fibrillation, especially in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation type.

Keywords: atrial fibrillation; electrical cardioversion; quality of life; nursing

Published: January 1, 2017  Show citation

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Šantová T, Cinová J, Šuličová A, Šimová Z, Novotná Z, Junová E. Quality of life in patients with atrial fibrillation. Cardiology Letters. 2017;26(1):19-24.
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