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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Cardiol. 2019 Dec 5;302:75–80. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2019.12.004

Table 2.

Distribution of AF-specific quality of life and psychological stress score, according to presence of absent or mild depression as measured by the Patient Health Questionnaire.

Patient Health Questionnaire
0–4 5–9 ≥10 P-Value
AFEQT
 Total 81.4 ± 14.1 65.8 ± 17.1 50.6 ± 19.3 <0.001
 Symptoms 87.8 ± 14.7 81.5 ± 19.1 66.9 ± 28.9 <0.001
 Daily Activities 76.5 ± 21.8 53.0 ± 23.2 36.9 ± 20.0 <0.001
 Treatment Concerns 83.5 ± 16.3 71.3 ± 21.1 52.5 ± 25.1 <0.001
 Treatment Satisfaction 82.4 ± 21.4 71.1 ± 21.7 67.2 ± 23.3 <0.001
Global Perceived Stress Score 3.0 ± 2.6 4.9 ± 2.5 8.9 ± 4.0 <0.001

AFEQT indicates Atrial Fibrillation Effect on QualiTy of life measure.