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dc.contributor.authorHamang, Annikenen_US
dc.contributor.authorEide, Geir Egilen_US
dc.contributor.authorNordin, Karinen_US
dc.contributor.authorRokne, Beriten_US
dc.contributor.authorBjorvatn, Cathrineen_US
dc.contributor.authorØyen, Ninaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2011-04-28T09:36:57Z
dc.date.available2011-04-28T09:36:57Z
dc.date.issued2010-02-17eng
dc.PublishedBMC Medical Genetics 11:27en_US
dc.identifier.issn1471-2350
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1956/4710
dc.description.abstractBackground The possibilities in the molecular genetics of long QT syndrome (LQTS) and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) has made family screening, with diagnostic and predictive genetic testing part of the health care offer in genetic counselling of inherited arrhythmias, potentially affecting the subjective health among these individuals. The study compared health status among patients at risk of arrhythmia because of family history or clinical diagnosis of LQTS and HCM with reference health status scores of the general population. Methods In the period 2005-2007, 127 patients (mean age 45 years, 53.5% women), with a family history of arrhythmia (n = 95) or a clinical diagnosis of LQTS (n = 12) or HCM (n = 19) referred for genetic counselling at the medical genetic departments in Norway filled in a questionnaire (Short Form Health Survey SF-36) measuring health status on eight domains. The patient SF-36 scores were compared to expected scores of the general population by t-test, and the relationship between the socio-demographic variables, clinical status, and SF-36 domains were analysed by multiple linear regression. Results The total sample reported significant lower SF-36 score as compared to the general population scores for the domain of general health (mean difference -7.3 (<0.001). When analysing the sample in subgroups according to clinical status, the general health was still significant lower for the group of family risk and in the group of HCM. In addition the physical functioning, role physical, vitality and role emotional domains were reduced for the latter group. In general, employment, higher education and being referred to genetic counselling through a family member were associated with better scores on the health status domains. Conclusions Having a genetic risk of arrhythmia affects general health significantly. In addition, patients with a clinical diagnosis of HCM demonstrate a significantly poorer health in both physical and mental domains.en_US
dc.language.isoengeng
dc.publisherBioMed Centraleng
dc.relation.ispartof<a href="http://hdl.handle.net/1956/9857" target="blank">“Sudden Death-Genetic Risk”: Living with the risk of serious arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death -A prospective multicenter-study on patient-reported outcomes in individuals with familial Long QT syndrome and Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy who received genetic investigation and counseling in Norway, 2005-2007.</a>eng
dc.rightsAttribution CC BYeng
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0eng
dc.titleHealth status in patients at risk of inherited arrhythmias and sudden unexpected death compared to the general populationen_US
dc.typePeer reviewed
dc.typeJournal article
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2010 Hamang et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
dc.rights.holderHamang et al.
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2350-11-27
dc.identifier.cristin340815


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