1 | What is the name of your heart condition? | Correct | 16.4% |
Mistaken | 40.6 |
Do not know/no answer provided | 43.0 |
2 | What is atrial fibrillation? | Correct | 16.4 |
Mistaken/do not know | 82.4 |
3 | Is this a symptom of atrial fibrillation? |
Irregular heart beat | Correct | 68.5 |
Mistaken/do not know | 31.5 |
Breathlessness | Correct | 60.3 |
Mistaken/do not know | 39.5 |
Chest discomfort | Correct | 52.1 |
Mistaken/do not know | 47.9 |
Light-headedness | Correct | 42.4 |
Mistaken/do not know | 57.6 |
Decreased exercise ability | Correct | 63.6 |
Mistaken/do not know | 36.4 |
4 | What are we trying to prevent when we treat atrial fibrillation? |
Symptomatic relief | Correct | 63.0 |
Mistaken/do not know | 37.0 |
Stroke | Correct | 12.7 |
Mistaken/do not know | 87.3 |
Heart failure | Correct | 57.6 |
Mistaken/do not know | 42.4 |
Heart attack | Correct | 43.6 |
Mistaken/do not know | 56.4 |
5 | Are you taking any blood thinning medication? | Correct | 92.7 |
Mistaken/do not know | 7.3 |
6 | What is the name of your blood thinning medication? | Correct | 54.5 |
Mistaken/do not know | 45.5 |
7 | Why are you on a blood thinning medication? | Correct | 68.5 |
Mistaken/do not know | 31.5 |
8 | Is this a complication of blood thinning medication? |
Bruising | Correct | 68.5 |
Mistaken/do not know | 31.5 |
Bleeding | Correct | 74.5 |
Mistaken/do not know | 25.5 |
9 | Do you know how your blood is being monitored? | Correct | 66.1 |
Mistaken/do not know | 33.9 |
10 | Other than blood thinning medications, what other treatments are there for atrial fibrillation? | Rate/rhythm control medications | 11.5 |
Radiofrequency ablation | 7.3 |
Cardioversion | 1.2 |
Others: lifestyle modifications, control of other chronic diseases | 11.5 |