Table 2.

Mean scores for HRQOL and AF symptom severity at baseline and follow-up (N=238)

Scale	Intervention (n=115)							Control (n=123)
	Baseline		Follow-Up		Response			Baseline		Follow-up		Response
	N	M (SD)	N	M (SD)	N	M (SD)	SRM	N	M (SD)	N	M (SD)	N	M (SD)	SRM
Atrial Fibrillation Effect on Quality of Life (AFEQT)
Global	87	66.3 (21.0)	56	79.0 (20.3)	53	18.5* (25.5)	0.73	79	64.8 (25.2)	55	80.2 (20.9)	53	11.2* (18.5)	0.61
Symptom	87	72.8 (24.0)	56	82.2 (24.6)	53	15.7* (27.1)	0.58	79	71.8 (27.5)	55	88.3 (16.5)	53	12.2* (23.4)	0.52
Daily activities	87	64.9 (27.0)	56	78.8 (26.4)	53	20.2* (31.9)	0.63	78	62.2 (31.7)	55	78.0 (28.1	53	12.7* (27.5)	0.46
Treatment concern	86	64.0 (27.5)	55	76.8 (21.2)	51	18.4* (29.5)	0.62	76	65.0 (24.6)	54	77.9 (24.4)	50	8.8 (22.8)	0.39
Satisfaction	83	72.8 (23.9)	54	86.3 (20.2)	49	14.5* (27.2)	0.53	73	67.7 (28.3)	51	84.8 (20.3)	45	11.9 (21.1)	0.42
Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36)
PCS	88	49.6 (8.6)	57	52.5 (9.1)	54	3.0* (5.8)	0.51	79	47.6 (9.5)	56	50.1 (8.5)	53	1.8 (7.4)	0.24
MCS	88	50.8 (8.5)	57	53.1 (8.6)	54	2.6 (6.9)	0.38	79	48.9 (9.6)	56	52.7 (7.5)	53	3.1 (7.9)	0.40
EuroQol-5D (EQ-5D)
Index	90	0.88 (0.16)	58	0.94 (0.14)	55	0.03 (0.11)	0.32	85	0.85 (0.21)	56	0.91 (0.13)	55	0.04 (0.19)	0.19
VAS	93	74.4 (15.8)	60	80.6 (14.6)	59	4.8 (15.7)	0.31	82	74.1 (14.7)	57	77.0 (15.1)	56	0.5 (14.8)	0.03
University of Toronto Atrial Fibrillation Severity Scale (AFSS)
AFSS score	90	9.5 (7.0)	57	5.2 (7.1)	55	−5.4* (7.2)	−0.74	78	11.6 (8.9)	54	5.1 (6.3)	50	−4.5* (8.2)	−0.55

Note. SRM= standardized response mean; Response= score at follow-up minus score at baseline.

^*p-value <0.01 for testing response mean score equal to 0 (t-test, p-values were adjusted for multiple tests with Bonferroni correction).