Impact of Radiofrequency Ablation and Antiarrhythmic Medications on the Quality of Life of Patients with Supraventricular Tachycardias: Preliminary Validation of the Greek Version of the Umea22 (U22) Questionnaire
Table 2
Sociodemographic characteristics of patients with SVT.
Group A∗
Group B∗
P∗∗
Number
100
40
Gender
Males
43 (43.0%)
19 (47.5%)
0.629
Females
57 (57.0%)
21 (52.5%)
0.629
Age (yrs)
46.55±11.4
43.55±11.18
0.160
Education
Primary school
14 (14.0%)
4 (10.0%)
0.525
Secondary school
14 (14.0%)
7 (17.5%)
0.602
High school
40 (40.0%)
16 (40.0%)
1.000
Bachelor’s
28 (28.0%)
12 (30.0%)
0.814
Master’s
1 (1.0%)
0 (0.0%)
n/a
Ph.D.
2 (2.0%)
1 (2.5%)
0.682
Unspecified
1 (1.0%)
0 (0.0%)
n/a
Occupation
Employee
45 (45.0%)
21 (52.5%)
0.424
Self-employed
23 (23.0%)
10 (25.0%)
0.802
Unemployed/retired
9 (9.0%)
5 (12.5%)
0.534
Student
5 (5.0%)
1 (2.5%)
0.511
Household
18 (18.0%)
4 (10.0%)
0.242
Place of residence
Urban
44 (44.0%)
16 (40.0%)
0.669
Semi-urban/rural
56 (56.0%)
24 (60.0%)
0.669
n/a: not available. ∗Data expressed as frequencies (percentages) for categorical variables and mean ± SD for continuous variables. ∗∗Chi-squared test and t-test for categorical and continuous variables, respectively.
