Key result
Routine PROM use to guide psychological care improves symptom detection and functional outcomes in ventricular arrhythmias.
Why the study?
Incorporating patient-reported outcome measures into ventricular arrhythmia clinics can enable patient-centered care and improve detection and treatment of anxiety or depression symptoms in high-risk populations.
Does integrating patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) into clinical care improve the detection and treatment of psychosocial symptoms in patients with ventricular arrhythmias?
Does integrating patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) into clinical care improve the detection and treatment of psychosocial symptoms in patients with ventricular arrhythmias?
Incorporating PROMs into electrophysiology and device clinics allows for patient-centered care by addressing and managing the significant psychological burden associated with ventricular arrhythmias and ICDs.
May support PROM integration for psychosocial screening in ventricular arrhythmia clinics; leaves open need for RCTs to confirm outcome benefits.
Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are a valuable metric for assessing the quality of life and overall well-being in patients with ventricular arrhythmias (VAs) and/or implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs). The incorporation of PROMs into the workflow of a VA clinic not only allows for more patient-centered care but also may improve detection and treatment of clinically relevant anxiety or depression symptoms. Awareness of the factors known to correlate with adverse PROM scores may guide PROM administration and subsequent referral to mental health services. Further, change or stability in PROM scores can be used as a gauge to guide the effectiveness of cardiac and psychological treatment in certain populations that are the focus of this manuscript: patients with ICDs (with and without shocks), cardiac arrest survivors, and those with inherited arrhythmia syndromes.
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Sandhu et al. (2021) conducted a review in Ventricular arrhythmias, ICD recipients, cardiac arrest survivors, inherited arrhythmia syndromes. Integration of patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) and psychosocial interventions was evaluated. Utilizing patient-reported outcome measures to guide psychological treatment for patients with ventricular arrhythmias can improve detection of symptoms and functional outcomes.
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