Accuracy of patient perception of their prevailing rhythm: A comparative analysis of monitor data and questionnaire responses in patients with atrial fibrillation

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 658-665

  Garimella, Roja S ^a   Chung, Eugene H ^b   Mounsey, John Paul ^b   Schwartz, Jennifer D ^b   Pursell, Irion ^b   Gehi, Anil K ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Qualityoflife; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY ASSESSMENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME VARIABLE; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE 9; PATIENT MONITORING; PERCEPTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYMPTOM SEVERITY QUESTIONNAIRE; AGE; AGED; ANXIETY; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; COST OF ILLNESS; INTEROCEPTION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; SELF EVALUATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; COST OF ILLNESS; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTEROCEPTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84925296529     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2015.01.012     Document Type: Article

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