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Title: | Differences in knowledge among patients with atrial fibrillation receiving non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants and vitamin K antagonists | Authors: | Konieczynska, Malgorzata Sobieraj, Ewa Bryk, Agata H. Debski, Maciej Polak, Maciej Podolec, Piotr Malecka, Barbara Pajak, Andrzej DESTEGHE, Lien HEIDBUCHEL, Hein Undas, Anetta |
Issue Date: | 2018 | Publisher: | VIA MEDICA | Source: | KARDIOLOGIA POLSKA, 76(7), p. 1089-1096 | Abstract: | Background: Non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants (NOACs) are increasingly used for stroke prevention in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) worldwide. Few articles have compared current understanding of AF patients about the disease and anticoagulant therapy in relation to the medications used. Aim: We sought to compare the knowledge of AF and anticoagulation between AF patients treated with NOACs and those on vitamin K antagonists (VKAs). Methods: We used the Jessa AF Knowledge Questionnaire (JAKQ), developed and validated in Belgium. Patients were recruited at a tertiary centre in Krakow, Poland. Results: A total of 479 AF patients completed the JAKQ. Patients on NOACs (n = 276 57.6%) compared with those on VKAs (n = 175, 36.5%) did not differ regarding demographic and clinical variables. The mean score of the JAKQ was very similar in the NOAC and VKA group (60.7 +/- 17.0% vs. 61.6 +/- 17.1 %; p = OA, respectively). the differences in the proportion ot correct responses referred to three questions. Consequences of AF, such as blood clots and cerebral infarction, were more obvious for patients on NOACs; compand with those con VKAs (81.5% vs. 70.9%; p = 0.01). The patients con NOACs (78.7% vs. 67.6%; p = 0.009) more frequently considered consulting a physician for advice concerning anticoagulant treatment before surgery, while fewer patients on NOACs were aware of the need to take their medication even it they did not feel AF (76.1% vs. 89.7%; p = 0.0004). Only 25.9% of the VKA patients and 49.3% of the NOAC users knew what to do if they missed a dose of the anticoagulant. Conclusions: The knowledge of arrhythmia and anticoagulation is better regarding the safety issues among subjects on NOACs compared with those on VKAs. Irrespective of the type of oral anticoagulation therapy, education of AF patients should be improved. | Notes: | [Konieczynska, Malgorzata; Sobieraj, Ewa; Bryk, Agata H.; Debski, Maciej; Podolec, Piotr; Malecka, Barbara; Undas, Anetta] John Paul 2 Hosp, Ul Pradnicka 80, PL-31202 Krakow, Poland. [Sobieraj, Ewa; Bryk, Agata H.; Debski, Maciej; Podolec, Piotr; Malecka, Barbara; Undas, Anetta] Jagiellonian Univ, Coll Med, Inst Cardiol, Krakow, Poland. [Polak, Maciej; Pajak, Andrzej] Jagiellonian Univ, Coll Med, Dept Epidemiol & Populat Studies, Inst Publ Hlth,Fac Hlth Sci, Krakow, Poland. [Desteghe, Lien; Heidbuchel, Hein] Hasselt Univ, Fac Med & Life Sci, Hasselt, Belgium. [Desteghe, Lien] Jessa Hosp, Heart Ctr Hasselt, Hasselt, Belgium. [Heidbuchel, Hein] Univ Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium. [Heidbuchel, Hein] Antwerp Univ Hosp, Antwerp, Belgium. | Keywords: | atrial fibrillation; non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants; vitamin K antagonists; questionnaire;atrial fibrillation; non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants; vitamin K antagonists; questionnaire | Document URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/27327 | ISSN: | 0022-9032 | e-ISSN: | 1897-4279 | DOI: | 10.5603/KP.a2018.0069 | ISI #: | 000438100900010 | Rights: | Kardiologia Polska Copyright © Polish Cardiac Society 2018 | Category: | A1 | Type: | Journal Contribution | Validations: | ecoom 2019 |
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