Why the study?
What is the health-related quality of life and the impact of seriousness of illness on it in patients newly diagnosed with atrial fibrillation?
Population
81 subjects newly diagnosed with atrial fibrillation within 6 months prior to data collection
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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May support assessing illness perception in new AF; leaves open whether targeted interventions improve HRQOL.
What is the health-related quality of life and the impact of seriousness of illness on it in patients newly diagnosed with atrial fibrillation?
Patients newly diagnosed with atrial fibrillation experience significantly impaired physical and mental health-related quality of life, which is inversely related to the subjective seriousness of their illness.
Kang et al. (2004) studied this question.
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