Differences in Quality of Life,Anxiety and Depression in Patients with Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation and Common Forms of Atrioventricular Reentry Supraventricular Tachycardias |
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Authors: | Louiza Lioni Konstantinos Vlachos Konstantinos P Letsas Michael Efremidis Dimitrios Karlis Dimitrios Asvestas Vasilios Kareliotis Sotirios Xydonas Nikolaos Dimopoulos Panagiotis Korantzopoulos Athanasios Trikas Antonios Sideris |
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Affiliation: | 1.Second Department of Cardiology, Laboratory of Cardiac Electrophysiology, "Evangelismos" General Hospital of Athens, Greece;2."Dromokaiteio" Psychiatric Hospital of Attica, Greece;3.Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Ioannina, Greece;4.Department of Cardiology, "ELPIS" General Hospital of Athens, Greece |
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Abstract: | IntroductionThe aim of this study was to evaluate the differences in quality of life and psychosocial stress parameters among patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF) and common forms of atrioventricular reentry supraventricular tachycardias (SVTs).Methods and ResultsThe total study population included 106 patients, 54 patients with paroxysmal AF (32 males, age 56.64±12.50 years) and 52 with SVTs (25 males, age 40.46±14.96 years). General health (p<0.01), physical function (p=0.004), role emotion (p=0.002) and role physical (p<0.01) scores were lower in patients who suffered AF. SF-36 physical and mental health summary measures were also significantly lower in the AF group compared to those in SVT group (p<0.01 and p=0.001, respectively). Lower SF-36 total score was observed in patients with AF compared to those with SVTs (p<0.01). Comparing the anxiety and depression scores all the values were higher in patients with AF. Higher STAI-state scores (p<0.01), STAI-trait scores (p=0.039) and BDI scores (p=0.077) were seen in patients who suffered AF comparing to those with SVTs.ConclusionsQuality of life is significantly impaired and the level of anxiety is significantly higher in patients with AF comparing to those with common forms of SVTs. |
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Keywords: | Quality of life anxiety depression supraventricular tachycardias atrial fibrillation |
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