Community-based analysis of stroke prevention and effect of public interventions in atrial fibrillation: results from the ARENA project.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Community-based interventions may promote awareness and adherence to atrial fibrillation (AF)-related therapies, potentially reducing adverse events. The ARENA project investigated the health status, therapies and events in AF patients in the Rhein-Neckar Region, Germany. The subproject "ARENA intervention" studied the effect of community-based interventions on AF-associated outcomes.

Methods

From 2016 onward, patients with diagnosed AF were recruited for the observational ARENA registry. In 2018, an intervention period was initiated involving population-based information campaigns on AF diagnosis and therapies. The "control group" was recruited prior to initiation, and the "intervention group" afterward. Patients underwent standardized follow-up > 1 year after re

SUBMITTER: Zylla MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11772519 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature