Efficacy of mobile health-technology integrated care based on the 'Atrial fibrillation Better Care' (ABC) pathway in relation to sex: a report from the mAFA-II randomized clinical trial.

ABSTRACT: The Mobile Health Technology for Improved Screening and Optimized Integrated Care in AF (mAFA-II) cluster-randomized trial showed that a mobile health (mHealth)-implemented 'Atrial fibrillation Better Care' (ABC) pathway approach reduced the risk of adverse events in atrial fibrillation (AF) patients. Whether this benefit can be applied to both males and females is unclear, especially given the suboptimal management and poorer cardiovascular outcomes in females with AF. In this post-hoc analysis, we performed a sex-stratified analysis of the mAFA-II trial. Between June 2018 and August 2019, adult AF patients were enrolled across 40 centers in China. The primary outcome was the composite of stroke, thromboembolism, all-cause death, and re-hospitalization. The effect of mAFA intervention acc

SUBMITTER: Guo Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10017580 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature