title: [Evaluation of quality of life using the Umea 22 questionnaire among patients with atrioventricular nodal tachycardia undergoing successful radiofrequency ablation treatment].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia (AVNRT) attacks is one of the common arrhythmias adversely affecting quality of life. The Umea 22 (U22) is a questionnaire developed for the assessment of symptoms associated with supraventricular tachycardia (SVT), and it is found to be effective in evaluation of quality of life after radiofrequency ablation. Using this questionnaire, the study aimed to assess quality of life among Turkish patients with ANRT before and after the successful RFA.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study was conducted between January 2011 and September 2013, and included 57 patients who had undergone RFA due to AVNRT. The U22 questionnaire was administered pre-procedure and at 6 months post-procedure. The participants were asked to report on their general well-being, arrhythmia effects on their wellbeing, and intensity of discomfort associated with episodes. They were asked to provide a score from 1 to 10 in order to determine to severity of discomfort, and the quantity of symptoms was then assessed according to the visual analogue scale (VAS).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Patients' general wellbeing (7.5±2.3 vs. 8.7±1.8, p<0.001), the effects of arrhythmia episodes on general well-being (8.1±1.7 vs. 1.0±2.1, p<0.001), frequency of symptoms (2.8±0.8 vs. 0.4±0.9, p<0.001) and duration of symptoms were reduced significantly after RFA. The rate of drug use among patients also decreased after RFA (70% vs. 23%, p=0.017).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Treatment success was high in patients undergoing RFA due to AVNRT according to the U22 quality of life questionnaire. General and arrhythmia-associated quality of life had improved significantly by the 6th month post-procedure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Afyonkarahisar State Hospital, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey. vemren@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Sadık Volkan
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Emren
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Katip Çelebi University Faculty of Medicine, Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, İzmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Uğur
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authors.lastname: Kocabaş
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Katip Çelebi University Faculty of Medicine, Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, İzmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Selcen
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authors.lastname: Yakar Tülüce
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Katip Çelebi University Faculty of Medicine, Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, İzmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ersin Çağrı
authors.initials: EÇ
authors.lastname: Şimşek
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Katip Çelebi University Faculty of Medicine, Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, İzmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Eser
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Varış
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Katip Çelebi University Faculty of Medicine, Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, İzmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hamza
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authors.lastname: Duygu
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Katip Çelebi University Faculty of Medicine, Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, İzmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Nihan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kahya Eren
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Katip Çelebi University Faculty of Medicine, Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, İzmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Zehra
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: İlke Akyıldız
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Katip Çelebi University Faculty of Medicine, Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, İzmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Serhan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Özyıldırım
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Katip Çelebi University Faculty of Medicine, Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, İzmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Cem
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nazlı
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Sandıklı State Hospital, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey.
authors.forename: Zeynep
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Yapan Emren
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013611:Tachycardia, Atrioventricular Nodal Reentry / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology* / Q000601:surgery*