Table 3.
Patient Perception of Arrhythmia Scores for Total Sample and By Type of Arrhythmia (N=103)
| Means (SD) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Questionnaire Measures | Total Sample N= 103 |
AVNRT n=32 |
AVRT n=18 |
ATACH n=11 |
IST n=13 |
AFL n=29 |
p value |
| Symptoms | |||||||
| Number of symptoms (0–19) | 8 (4) | 9 (4) | 8 (3) | 9 (5) | 13 (3) | 6 (3) | < .01 a |
| How Bothersome was symptom (0–72) | 28 (18) | 28 (15) | 17 (15) | 28 (18) | 45 (11) | 22 (15) | < .01 a |
| Impact of Arrhythmia on Life | |||||||
| Impact on life (0–100) | 39 (25) | 29 (21) | 40 (24) | 62 (21) | 59 (14) | 30 (23) | < .01 b |
| Restricted Activity Days | |||||||
| Days missed work/month (0–31) | 3 (8) | 0.2 (1) | 3 (7) | 5 (10) | 9 (12) | 3 (82) | n.s. |
| Days cut down/month (0–31) | 9 (11) | 7 (9) | 6 (8) | 14 (15) | 23 (7) | 6 (9) | < .01 c |
Note. All measures were scored so that a higher score indicates more adverse effect of arrhythmia. SD = standard deviation; AVNRT = atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia; AVRT = atrioventricular reentrant tachycardia; ATACH = atrial tachycardia; IST = inappropriate sinus tachycardia; AFL = atrial flutter; n.s. = results not statistically significant for this test.
a
= IST significantly different from all other groups;
b
= IST significantly different from AVNRT and AFL;
c
= IST group significantly different from AVNRT, AVRT, AFL groups.