Quality of care among patients diagnosed with atrial fibrillation in Greenland

Marie Tolver Nielsen; Maja Hykkelbjerg Nielsen; Stig Andersen; Sam Riahi; Uka Wilhjelm  Geisler; Michael Lynge Pedersen; Nadja Albertsen

doi:10.1080/22423982.2024.2311965

Quality of care among patients diagnosed with atrial fibrillation in Greenland

Marie Tolver Nielsen, Maja Hykkelbjerg Nielsen, Stig Andersen, Sam Riahi, Uka Wilhjelm Geisler, Michael Lynge Pedersen, Nadja Albertsen^*

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Department of Clinical Medicine - SDCA-Steno Diabetes Center Aarhus

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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.

Original language	English
Article number	2311965
Journal	International journal of circumpolar health
Volume	83
Issue	1
Pages (from-to)	2311965
ISSN	2242-3982
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2024.2311965
Publication status	Published - 25 Jan 2024

Keywords

Atrial Fibrillation/diagnosis
Blood Pressure/physiology
Cross-Sectional Studies
Electronic Health Records
Female
Greenland/epidemiology
Humans
Male
Prevalence
Inuit
Atrial fibrillation
quality of care
prevalence
Greenland

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Quality of care among patients diagnosed with atrial fibrillation in Greenland. / Nielsen, Marie Tolver; Hykkelbjerg Nielsen, Maja; Andersen, Stig et al.
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