Open Access<p>Assessment of Frailty and Occurrence of Anxiety and Depression in Elderly Patients with Atrial Fibrillation</p>
Author(s) -
Izabella Uchmanowicz,
Katarzyna Lomper,
M Gros,
Marta KałużnaOleksy,
Ewa A. Jankowska,
Joanna Rosińczuk,
Tomasz Cyrkot,
Remigiusz Szczepanowski
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
clinical interventions in aging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.184
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1178-1998
pISSN - 1176-9092
DOI - 10.2147/cia.s258634
Subject(s) - medicine , depression (economics) , anxiety , hospital anxiety and depression scale , atrial fibrillation , geriatric depression scale , incidence (geometry) , population , psychiatry , depressive symptoms , physics , environmental health , optics , economics , macroeconomics
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia, and its incidence increases with age. The elderly population is commonly affected by frailty syndrome (FS). FS syndrome along with anxiety and depressive symptoms are prevalent among elderly patients with AF. It is unclear whether depression contributes to AF or vice versa. The purpose of this study was to assess correlations between FS and the occurrence of anxiety and depression symptoms in a group of elderly patients with AF.