Quality of life, weight, and symptom burden in atrial fibrillation

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  Quality of life, weight, and symptom burden in people with atrial fibrillation: a cross-sectional survey

• IRAS ID

  241125

• Contact name

  Dimitrios Koutoukidis

• Contact email

  dimitrios.koutoukidis@phc.ox.ac.uk

• Sponsor organisation

  University of Oxford

• Duration of Study in the UK

  1 years, 11 months, 28 days

• Research summary

  Summary of Research
  The aim of this study is to find out more about obesity, symptom burden, and quality of life in people diagnosed with atrial fibrillation (irregular heart rhythm). The survey will be sent to people diagnosed with atrial fibrillation at GP practices in the Thames Valley Research Network. It will contain questions on the atrial fibrillation symptoms, quality of life, weight, and height. The study will provide data that reflects the local context in the Thames Valley Research Network regarding atrial fibrillation symptom burden and will seek to explore the relationship between weight status, atrial fibrillation symptom scores, and quality of life.

  Summary of Results
  This study aimed to assess the association between body mass index (BMI), a measure of obesity, and quality of life in patients with atrial fibrillation. Between 2018 and 2019, 882 of 1901 (46%) mailed questionnaires were returned completed. We found that BMI was positively associated with symptoms and negatively associated with one of the two measures of quality of life, but not with the total burden of atrial fibrillation. However, the strength of association was small and not clinically meaningful

• REC name

  London - Bloomsbury Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  18/LO/0429

• Date of REC Opinion

  19 Apr 2018

• REC opinion

  Further Information Favourable Opinion