Social drivers in atrial fibrillation occurrence, screening, treatment, and outcomes: systematic-narrative hybrid review.

ABSTRACT: The importance of social drivers of health (SDOH) in the occurrence, detection, treatment, and outcome of atrial fibrillation (AF) has attracted increasing attention. Addressing SDOH factors may suggest opportunities to prevent AF and its complications. We aimed to conduct a structured narrative review and summarize current knowledge on the association between race and ethnicity, SDOH, including rural vs. urban habitation, education, income, and neighbourhood, and the risk of AF, its management, and complications. We identified 537 references in PubMed and 473 references in Embase. After removal of duplicates, we screened the abstracts of 975 references, resulting in 113 references that were examined for eligibility. Subsequently, 34 references were excluded leaving 79 references for the r

SUBMITTER: Frost L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11292415 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature