Arrhythmias & electrophysiology
Regional disparity on patient characteristics and perceptions after implantable cardioverter-defibrillator implantation: results from an EHRA patient survey
Study context
- Population
- Patients already implanted with an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) (median ICD dwell time 5 years, IQR 2–10), EHRA patient survey 'Living with an ICD'65.5% men
- Participants
- 1,809 participants
- Exposure
- Western vs Central/Eastern vs Southern Europe
- Western Europen = 877reference
- Central/Eastern Europen = 563
- Southern Europen = 369
- Outcome
- Regional disparities in ICD recipients' characteristics, perceptions and perspectives after implantation, and level of information provided
Methodological detailsprospective, multicentre, multinational, online questionnaire, 10 European countries
- Prospective
- Multicentre
- Multinational
- Online questionnaire
- 10 European countries
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Increased satisfaction after ICD placement; feeling optimally informed at implantation
Increased satisfaction
Optimally informed
P < 0.001
- Western Europe vs Central/Eastern Europe: P = 0.047 — satisfaction
- Western Europe vs Southern Europe: P < 0.001 — satisfaction
- Central/Eastern Europe vs Southern Europe: P < 0.001 — satisfaction
- Western Europe vs Southern Europe: P < 0.001 — optimally informed
- Central/Eastern Europe vs Southern Europe: P = ns — optimally informed
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Regional disparity on patient characteristics and perceptions after implantable cardioverter-defibrillator implantation: results from an EHRA patient survey. Europace. Published 4 May 2023. doi:10.
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