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@ARTICLE{Olma:275876,
author = {Olma, Manuel C and Steindorf-Sabath, Lena and Tütüncü,
Serdar and Kunze, Claudia and Fiessler, Cornelia and
Kirchhof, Paulus and Dietzel, Joanna and Schurig, Johannes
and Oschmann, Patrick and Niehaus, Ludwig and Urbanek,
Christian and Thomalla, Götz and Nabavi, Darius G and
Röther, Joachim and Laufs, Ulrich and Veltkamp, Roland and
Heuschmann, Peter U and Haeusler, Karl Georg and Endres,
Matthias},
collaboration = {Investigators, MonDAFIS},
title = {{T}he {R}ole of {A}trial {F}ibrillation and {O}ral
{A}nticoagulation {S}tatus in {H}ealth-{R}elated {Q}uality
of {L}ife 12 {M}onths {A}fter {I}schemic {S}troke or {TIA}.},
journal = {Brain and behavior},
volume = {15},
number = {1},
issn = {2162-3279},
address = {Malden, Mass.},
publisher = {Wiley},
reportid = {DZNE-2025-00111},
pages = {e70248},
year = {2025},
abstract = {Atrial fibrillation (AF) accounts for about $20\%$ of all
ischemic strokes worldwide. It is known that AF impairs
health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in the general
population, but data on HRQOL in stroke patients with newly
diagnosed AF are sparse.Post hoc analysis of the
prospective, investigator-initiated, multicenter MonDAFIS
study (NCT02204267) to analyze whether AF-related oral
anticoagulation (OAC), and/or AF-symptom severity are
associated with HRQOL after ischemic stroke or transient
ischemic attack (TIA). HRQOL was measured using the
EQ-5D-3L-questionnaire (including EQ-index/EQ-VAS) at
baseline and after 12 months using multivariable linear
mixed models. AF symptom severity was assessed using the
European Heart Rhythm Association classification and symptom
severity score (EHRA score) categorizing patients with
no/mild/severe/disabling AF-related symptoms.A first episode
of AF was detected in 261/2927 $(8.9\%)$ patients within 12
months after the index stroke and 227/2920 $(7.8\%)$
patients had AF and were anticoagulated at 12 months. HRQOL
(measured by EQ-index, n = 2495 patients) was higher in AF
patients on OAC compared to AF patients without OAC at 12
months after stroke (mean difference: MD: -16.8, $95\%$ CI:
5.6 to 28.0), and similar in AF patients under OAC compared
with patients without AF (MD: 2.0, $95\%$ CI: -2.2 to 6.3).
AF-related symptoms were negatively associated with HRQOL
(measured by EQ-index) indicating that stroke patients with
AF-related symptoms had a lower HRQOL compared to
asymptomatic AF patients (mild vs. asymptomatic: MD: -9.0,
$95\%$ CI: -17.7 to -0.3; severe/disabling vs. asymptomatic:
MD: -19.1, $95\%$ CI: -34.7 to -3.4).Stroke patients with
newly diagnosed AF are at risk of lower quality of life at
12 months, depending on OAC status and AF symptom severity.},
keywords = {Humans / Atrial Fibrillation: drug therapy / Atrial
Fibrillation: physiopathology / Atrial Fibrillation:
complications / Quality of Life / Female / Male /
Anticoagulants: administration $\&$ dosage / Aged / Ischemic
Stroke: physiopathology / Ischemic Attack, Transient:
physiopathology / Middle Aged / Prospective Studies / Aged,
80 and over / Administration, Oral / Severity of Illness
Index / atrial fibrillation (Other) / ischemic stroke
(Other) / oral anticoagulation (Other) / quality of life
(Other) / transient ischemic attack (Other) / Anticoagulants
(NLM Chemicals)},
cin = {AG Endres},
ddc = {610},
cid = {I:(DE-2719)1811005},
pnm = {353 - Clinical and Health Care Research (POF4-353)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-353},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:39779216},
pmc = {pmc:PMC11710889},
doi = {10.1002/brb3.70248},
url = {https://pub.dzne.de/record/275876},
}