TY - JOUR
T1 - Quality of care among patients diagnosed with atrial fibrillation in Greenland
AU - Nielsen, Marie Tolver
AU - Hykkelbjerg Nielsen, Maja
AU - Andersen, Stig
AU - Riahi, Sam
AU - Geisler, Uka Wilhjelm
AU - Lynge Pedersen, Michael
AU - Albertsen, Nadja
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2024/2/8
Y1 - 2024/2/8
N2 - This cross-sectional study sought to assess the prevalence of atrial fibrillation (AF) diagnosis in Greenland among various age groups and examine the corresponding quality of care. We collected data from Greenland’s electronic medical records and evaluated the quality of care using six internationally recommended indicators, which are: percentage of AF patients with an assessment of smoking status within the previous year, an assessment of body mass index within the previous year, assessment of blood pressure within the previous year, measurement of thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH), treatment with an anticoagulant and percentage of patients with a measurement of serum-creatinine. We found the prevalence of AF among patients aged 20 years or older in Greenland to be 1.75% (95% CI 1.62–1.88). We found an increasing prevalence of AF with age and a greater proportion of men than women until the age of 74 years. Our study suggests that the associated quality of care could be higher as the requirement of only one of the six quality indicators was met. A lack of registration may partly explain this, and initiatives to improve the quality of care are recommended.
AB - This cross-sectional study sought to assess the prevalence of atrial fibrillation (AF) diagnosis in Greenland among various age groups and examine the corresponding quality of care. We collected data from Greenland’s electronic medical records and evaluated the quality of care using six internationally recommended indicators, which are: percentage of AF patients with an assessment of smoking status within the previous year, an assessment of body mass index within the previous year, assessment of blood pressure within the previous year, measurement of thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH), treatment with an anticoagulant and percentage of patients with a measurement of serum-creatinine. We found the prevalence of AF among patients aged 20 years or older in Greenland to be 1.75% (95% CI 1.62–1.88). We found an increasing prevalence of AF with age and a greater proportion of men than women until the age of 74 years. Our study suggests that the associated quality of care could be higher as the requirement of only one of the six quality indicators was met. A lack of registration may partly explain this, and initiatives to improve the quality of care are recommended.
KW - Atrial fibrillation
KW - Greenland
KW - Inuit
KW - prevalence
KW - quality of care
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U2 - 10.1080/22423982.2024.2311965
DO - 10.1080/22423982.2024.2311965
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 38332615
AN - SCOPUS:85184684457
SN - 1239-9736
VL - 83
JO - International Journal of Circumpolar Health
JF - International Journal of Circumpolar Health
IS - 1
M1 - 2311965
ER -