Effects of the Atrial Fibrillation Better Care Pathway on Outcomes Among Clinically Complex Chinese Patients With Atrial Fibrillation With Multimorbidity and Polypharmacy: A Report From the ChiOTEAF Registry

Kotalczyk, Agnieszka, Guo, Yutao, Stefil, Maria, Wang, Yutang and Lip, Gregory YH ORCID: 0000-0002-7566-1626 (2022) Effects of the Atrial Fibrillation Better Care Pathway on Outcomes Among Clinically Complex Chinese Patients With Atrial Fibrillation With Multimorbidity and Polypharmacy: A Report From the ChiOTEAF Registry. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION, 11 (7). e024319-.

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Abstract

Background Patients with atrial fibrillation commonly have complex clinical backgrounds of multimorbidity and polypharmacy. The Atrial Fibrillation Better Care (ABC) pathway has been developed to help deliver integrated and holistic care for patients with atrial fibrillation. In this ancillary analysis, we assessed the adherence to and the effectiveness of the ABC pathway at reducing adverse outcomes in Chinese patients with atrial fibrillation with a complex clinical background of multimorbidity or polypharmacy. Methods and Results The ChiOTEAF (Optimal Thromboprophylaxis in Elderly Chinese Patients With Atrial Fibrillation) registry is a prospective, multicenter, nationwide study conducted from October 2014 to December 2018. The primary outcomes of interest were the composite end point of all-cause death and thromboembolic events, as well as individual end points of all-cause death, thromboembolic events, and major bleeding. <i>Multimorbidity</i> was defined as the presence of ≥2 comorbidities, and <i>polypharmacy</i> was defined as the concomitant use of ≥5 medications. The eligible cohort included 4644 patients with multimorbidity, of whom 2610 (56.2%) had available data to assess the ABC pathway usage (mean age, 74.4±10.2; 42.8% women). Among patients with polypharmacy (n=2262; mean age, 74.6±10.1; 43.3% women), 1328 (58.7%) had available data to assess the use of the ABC pathway. Adherence to the ABC pathway was associated with a lower risk of the primary composite outcome among patients with multimorbidity (odds ratio, 0.48; 95% CI, 0.29-0.79) and in the polypharmacy group (odds ratio, 0.39; 95% CI, 0.19-0.78). Health-related quality of life was lower in the non-ABC-adherent group compared with the ABC-treated patients. Conclusions This nationwide real-world registry shows that adherence to the ABC pathway is associated with improved clinical outcomes and health-related quality of life in clinically complex Chinese patients with atrial fibrillation with multimorbidity or polypharmacy.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Asia, atrial fibrillation, multimorbidity, polypharmacy, registry
Divisions:	Faculty of Health and Life Sciences Faculty of Health and Life Sciences > Institute of Life Courses and Medical Sciences
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	06 May 2022 15:53
Last Modified:	18 Jan 2023 21:04
DOI:	10.1161/JAHA.121.024319
Open Access URL:	https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.121.0...
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3154399