A survey on a rural in-hospital population diagnosed with Atrial Fibrillation in west Shewa region, Ethiopia
| Autor: | Enrico Rino Bregani, Matilde Conti, Caterina Valcarenghi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Rural Population medicine.medical_specialty Pediatrics Heart disease Cost effectiveness Population Disease 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Risk Factors Surveys and Questionnaires Epidemiology Atrial Fibrillation Medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine education education.field_of_study business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Cardiac arrhythmia Atrial fibrillation General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Hospitals Etiology Female Ethiopia business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of public health (Oxford, England). 43(2) |
| ISSN: | 1741-3850 |
| Popis: | Background Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained arrhythmia seen in clinical practice. It has been extensively studied in Western countries but less is known about developing countries. Methods We collected data on a rural population afferent to Wolisso hospital in Ethiopia, analysing epidemiology, clinical and cardiac ultrasound profile. We enrolled 54 patients with first diagnosis of AF who undertook cardiac ultrasound and a questionnaire about personal and clinical profile. Results Enrolled patients were younger than reported in the African urban population (mean age 51 years) and females were symptomatic at a younger age than males (61.8% of females were Conclusion Low socio-economic level may explain findings we observed, particularly male to female ratio, more relevant than in urban subsets. RHD and HTN are many etiological factors of AF in our small population, so low-cost strategies to prevent their complications are surely cost-effective in rural catchment area of Wolisso hospital. |
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