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Patients experiencing ICD shock therapy had significantly worse general health scores on the SF-36 compared to those without shocks (38 vs 55, p<0.001) at 12 months.
Observational (n=217)
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ICD shocks may impair QoL; hypothesis-generating for shock-reduction strategies before practice change.
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Bozyel et al. (2018) conducted an observational in Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) patients (n=217). ICD shock therapy vs. No ICD shock therapy was evaluated on SF-36 General Health score at 12 months (p=<0.001). Patients experiencing ICD shock therapy had significantly worse general health scores on the SF-36 compared to those without shocks (38 vs 55, p<0.001) at 12 months.
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