Open AccessSelf-reported Sleep Quality Before and After Atrial Fibrillation Ablation
Author(s) -
Kathryn A. Wood,
Melinda Higgins,
Angel Barnes
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of cardiovascular nursing/the journal of cardiovascular nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.622
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1550-5049
pISSN - 0889-4655
DOI - 10.1097/jcn.0000000000000909
Subject(s) - medicine , atrial fibrillation , pittsburgh sleep quality index , sleep (system call) , catheter ablation , ablation , cardiology , physical therapy , sleep quality , insomnia , psychiatry , computer science , operating system
Poor sleep quality is highly prevalent in atrial fibrillation (AF) with reported links between worse sleep quality and higher AF severity. Little research has examined whether sleep quality changes after AF ablation despite it being a routinely performed procedure.