Quality of life instruments in atrial fibrillation: a systematic review of measurement properties.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To identify the most frequently used atrial fibrillation-specific quality of life (QoL) instruments across atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation studies and to perform a systematic review of the most frequently used instrument's measurement properties. This study uses quality of life instruments as an overarching term for any patient reported outcome measure that assesses a person's health related well-being, functional status, and disease related symptoms.

Methods

A literature mapping exercise was undergone to identify the most frequently used AF-specific QoL instruments across AF ablation studies published from 2016 to 2021. A systematic review of the most frequently used AF QoL instruments identified from the mapping exercise was performed using the COSMIN guidelin

SUBMITTER: Sale A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9575307 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature