ReviewInternational journal of environmental research and public health2019
Health-Related Quality of Life and Associated Factors in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation: An Integrative Literature Review.
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41 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Quality of life instruments in atrial fibrillation: a systematic review of measurement properties.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2022Pooled it
- Psychological aspects of atrial fibrillation: A systematic narrative review : Impact on incidence, cognition, prognosis, and symptom perception.Current cardiology reports · 2020Pooled it
- Patient-reported health utility of stroke and gastrointestinal bleeding related to DOACs in atrial fibrillation: a vignette-based substudy of a randomized controlled trial.Scientific reports · 2026Trial
- A Web-Based Integrated Management Program for Improving Medication Adherence and Quality of Life, and Reducing Readmission in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2021Trial
- Integrating Patient-Reported Outcomes into Atrial Fibrillation Care Pathways: Implementation Challenges, Health System Implications, and Future Directions.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- A Comparative Analysis of the Effects of Cardioversion and Ablation on Anxiety, Sleep, and Quality of Life in Patients Diagnosed With Atrial Fibrillation.Clinical cardiology · 2026Article
- Recent-onset atrial fibrillation: challenges and opportunities.European heart journal · 2026Review
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- Determinants of quality of life in older adults with atrial fibrillation: a structural equation modeling analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- A Predictive Model and Scoring System for All-Cause Mortality in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Combined With Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome: A Retrospective Case-Control Study.Reviews in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Article
- Impact of Ablation Energy Sources on Perceived Quality of Life and Symptom in Atrial Fibrillation Patients: A Comparative Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- A bibliometric analysis of the 50 most cited articles about quality of life in patients with atrial fibrillation.The Egyptian heart journal : (EHJ) : official bulletin of the Egyptian Society of Cardiology · 2025Article
- Understanding preoperative health-related quality of life in rotator cuff tear patients: role of patients' characteristics.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2024Article
- Improvements in Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test Results in Atrial Fibrillation Patients After Radiofrequency Ablation in Kazakhstan.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- AFTER-CA: Autonomic Function Transformation and Evaluation Following Catheter Ablation in Atrial Fibrillation.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Mediating effect of coping strategy and psychological status between illness perception and quality of life among patients with atrial fibrillation: a cross-sectional study.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2024Article
- Factors Associated with Quality of Life among People with Atrial Fibrillation: Jordan Atrial Fibrillation Registry Study.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Article
- Generalized anxiety is a predictor of impaired quality of life in patients with atrial fibrillation: Findings from the prospective observational ARENA study.Journal of psychosomatic research · 2024Observational
- Elective Direct Current Cardioversion of Atrial Fibrillation: Silent Brain Infarction and Health-Related Quality of Life.Cardiology · 2024Article
- Patient report outcomes in cryoballoon ablation of atrial fibrillation during the COVID Era: Insights from the 1STOP project.Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing · 2024Article
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Abstract
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common cardiac arrhythmia associated with poor health-related quality of life (HRQoL). However, the factors influencing HRQoL in patients with AF are not well understood. The purpose of integrative review was to investigate the factors affecting HRQoL in patients with AF based on the six domains of Ferrans and colleagues' HRQoL model. A total of 23 relevant articles published between January 2000 and March 2018 were identified using four databases and analyzed in this study. Our review showed that the HRQoL in patients with AF was consistently lower than both healthy individuals and patients with other cardiovascular diseases. The most common factor associated with HRQoL in patients with AF was anxiety-specific to AF in the symptoms domain, followed by frequency and severity of symptoms and the New York Heart Association functional class. This study highlights that monitoring and assessing patients' symptoms is vital for improving HRQoL in patients with AF. Disease-specific and cross-culturally validated tools can allow healthcare professionals to provide tailored interventions for patients with AF.
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