A study of the psychological predictors of AF severity and quality of life in human AF: personality style is key

Abstract

AF burden was 51±45% for Group 1 and 0.2±0.5% for Group 2, and there were significant improvements in AF symptom severity and QOL only in Group 2 (P<0.05 for all). No clinical/organic variable predicted the magnitude of change. Conclusion: Clinical/organic variables including LA function, age, gender, BMI and particularly the AF burden influence the perceived severity of the AF syndrome, with key differences between patients with intermittent and continuous forms of AF.