期刊
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION
卷 6, 期 7, 页码 -出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.116.005401
关键词
atrial fibrillation; epidemiology; health perception; sex-related differences; symptoms
资金
- Swiss National Science Foundation [PP00P3_159322]
- Swiss Heart Foundation
- University of Basel
- Sanofi-Aventis
- Merck Sharp Dome
- Bayer
- Daiichi-Sankyo
- Pfizer/Bristol-Myers Squibb
- Boehringer Ingelheim
- Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) [PP00P3_159322] Funding Source: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)
Background-We prospectively assessed sex-specific differences in health perception, overall symptom status, and specific symptoms in a large cohort of patients with atrial fibrillation. Methods and Results-We performed a prospective multicenter observational cohort study of 1553 patients with atrial fibrillation. Patients completed questionnaires about personal characteristics, comorbidities, and symptoms on a yearly basis. Mean age was 70 +/- 11 years among women and 67 +/- 12 years among men. Health perception on a visual analogue scale ranging from 0 to 100 (with higher scores indicating better health perception) was significantly lower in women than in men (70 [interquartile range: 50-80] versus 75 [interquartile range: 60-85]; P<0.0001). More women than men had any symptoms (85.0% versus 68.3%; P<0.0001), palpitations (65.2% versus 44.4%; P<0.0001), dizziness (25.6% versus 13.5%; P<0.0001), dyspnea (35.7% versus 21.8%; P<0.0001), and fatigue (25.3% versus 19.1%; P=0.006). At 1-year follow-up, symptoms decreased in both sexes but remained more frequent in women (49.1% versus 32.6%, P<0.0001). In multivariable adjusted longitudinal regression models, female sex remained an independent predictor for lower health perception (beta= -4.8; 95% CI, -6.5 to -3.1; P<0.0001), any symptoms (odds ratio [OR]: 2.6; 95% CI, 2.1-3.4; P<0.0001), palpitations (OR: 2.6; 95% CI, 2.1-3.2; P<0.0001), dizziness (OR: 2.9; 95% CI, 2.1-3.9; P<0.0001), dyspnea (OR: 2.1; 95% CI, 1.6-2.8; P<0.0001), fatigue (OR: 1.6; 95% CI, 1.2-2.2; P=0.0008), and chest pain (OR: 1.8; 95% CI, 1.3-2.6; P=0.001). Conclusions-Women with atrial fibrillation have a substantially higher symptom burden and lower health perception than men. These relationships persisted after multivariable adjustment and during prospective follow-up.
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