Health-Related Quality of Life and Associated Factors in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation: An Integrative Literature Review

Youn-Jung Son, Kyoung-Hwa Baek, Suk Jeong Lee and Eun Ji Seo
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Youn-Jung Son: Red-Cross College of Nursing, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06974, Korea
Kyoung-Hwa Baek: Division of Nursing, Gyeongbuk College of Health, Kimcheon-Si 39525, Korea
Suk Jeong Lee: Red-Cross College of Nursing, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06974, Korea
Eun Ji Seo: Ajou University College of Nursing and Research Institute of Nursing Science, Suwon 16499, Korea

IJERPH, 2019, vol. 16, issue 17, 1-15

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.

Keywords: atrial fibrillation; health-related quality of life; integrative review (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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