Peculiarities of Anamnesis and Life Quality in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation
Abstract
Atrial fibrillation is a common rhythm disturbance. One of the main parameters being crucial for the choice of tactics of treatment and prevention of complications is the life quality of patients.
The objective of our study was to evaluate this indicator in patients with atrial fibrillation depending on different approaches to treatment. The study involved 254 patients with paroxysmal and persistent forms of atrial fibrillation and 42 practically healthy persons. The main features of anamnesis, presence of comorbidities, aggravating risk factors were studied as well as a survey using “AFEQT Questionnaire” was conducted. When studying the anamnesis it was revealed that patients treated by medications only (the first experimental group) had arterial hypertension as a main presumable cause of atrial fibrillation (92.4%); in one third of cases different forms of coronary artery disease and heart failure were diagnosed (38.6% and 33.3%, respectively). In the fourth group (after left ventricular revascularization) a prevailing cause of atrial fibrillation was coronary heart disease (100%). In the second group (after cardioversion) as well as in the third group (after ablation) the largest proportion of patients was also diagnosed with arterial hypertension – 62.0% and 40.9%, respectively. The mean total AFEQT score among the control group was 82.3±3.1 points. Patients of the first group scored the minimum value among interviewed patients -53.4±4.6 - that was significantly less compared to the control group, р<0.05. The total average value of the third group was significantly higher than that in the first group, 69.3±4.6 points against 53.4±4.6 points, respectively, р<0.05.
Thus, it was found that the lowest life quality is typical for patients treated with medications only. The patients after ablation have the highest life quality. Left ventricle revascularization slightly improves life quality, but this trend is not statistically significant.
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