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Impact of stable angina on health status and quality of life perception of currently treated patients. The BRIDGE 2 survey.

Manolis, AJ; Ambrosio, G; Collins, P; Dechend, R; Lopez-Sendon, J; Pegoraro, V; Camm, AJ (2019) Impact of stable angina on health status and quality of life perception of currently treated patients. The BRIDGE 2 survey. Eur J Intern Med, 70. pp. 60-67. ISSN 1879-0828 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejim.2019.09.013
SGUL Authors: Camm, Alan John

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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: to explore 1) the perception of stable angina (SA) - impact on quality of life (QoL) and current condition related to SA; 2) SA burden - symptoms and frequency of anginal episodes; 3) impairment attributable to SA - limitations in daily activities and impact on work; 4) characteristics that might affect the patients' perception." METHOD: a proprietary questionnaire was administered on-line to SA patients selected using a purpose-built screening program from general population panels collaborating with IQVIA in Italy, Germany, Spain, and the UK. Exploratory analyses were performed: descriptive statistics on the total sample and different stratifications (gender, age class, time since diagnosis) were provided; we used Chi-square tests to compare subgroups. RESULTS: of more than 25,000 subjects who accessed the survey, 268 were eligible and completed the questionnaire: mean age was 61 years and women accounted for 30%. Despite being treated, about 40% of patients reported that SA impacted "completely" or "very much" their QoL, 10% rated their condition as "not good", and 45.1% stated that they felt "Fair". The majority of patients were still symptomatic and many of them perceived that SA had a major impact on their working life. Women, younger patients and those with a more recent diagnosis reported a worse self-assessment of their condition, QoL and symptom burden. CONCLUSIONS: the results of our survey provide new insights on how patients with SA perceived their own health status and suggest that any patient with SA deserves a more detailed and accurate evaluation by their physicians.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: © 2019 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of European Federation of Internal Medicine. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/BY-NC-ND/4.0/).
Keywords: Limitations, Patients’ perception, QoL, Stable angina, Survey, Symptoms, 1103 Clinical Sciences, General & Internal Medicine
SGUL Research Institute / Research Centre: Academic Structure > Molecular and Clinical Sciences Research Institute (MCS)
Journal or Publication Title: Eur J Intern Med
ISSN: 1879-0828
Language: eng
Dates:
DateEvent
December 2019Published
5 November 2019Published Online
27 September 2019Accepted
PubMed ID: 31704164
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URI: https://openaccess.sgul.ac.uk/id/eprint/111419
Publisher's version: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejim.2019.09.013

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