A cross-sectional study of quality of life in an elderly population (75 years and over) with atrial fibrillation: secondary analysis of data from the Birmingham Atrial Fibrillation Treatment of the Aged study | Zendy

Andrea Roalfe | Zendy; Thomas Bryant | Zendy; M. H. Davies | Zendy; T. G. Hackett | Zendy; Shahryar Saba | Zendy; Kate Fletcher | Zendy; Gregory Y.H. Lip | Zendy; Richard Hobbs | Zendy; Jonathan Mant | Zendy

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A cross-sectional study of quality of life in an elderly population (75 years and over) with atrial fibrillation: secondary analysis of data from the Birmingham Atrial Fibrillation Treatment of the Aged study

Author(s) -

Andrea Roalfe,

Thomas Bryant,

M. H. Davies,

T. G. Hackett,

Shahryar Saba,

Kate Fletcher,

Gregory Y.H. Lip,

Richard Hobbs,

Jonathan Mant

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

ep europace

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.119

H-Index - 102

eISSN - 1532-2092

pISSN - 1099-5129

DOI - 10.1093/europace/eus102

Subject(s) - medicine , atrial fibrillation , quality of life (healthcare) , cross sectional study , population , affect (linguistics) , pediatrics , physical therapy , cardiology , environmental health , pathology , nursing , linguistics , philosophy

To compare the quality of life (QoL) of those in atrial fibrillation (AF) aged 75 years and over with that of the general population, to explore what factors affect the QoL of those with AF, and to assess the sensitivity of the EuroQol (EQ-5D) and Short-Form 12 (SF-12) generic health questionnaires in detecting differences in health status in those with AF in this age group.

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