Living with Atrial Fibrillation: A Family Perspective

Table 1

Characteristics of patients and family members.

	N	Mean (years) (range)
Patients	12
Female	7
Male	5
Age		66 (49–86)
Family members	11
Spouse	6
Male friend	2
Sister	1
Female friend	1
Daughter	1
Without a family member	1
Age		64 (49–79)
Years since being diagnosed with AF		3.2 (1.5 months to 22 years)

Atrial fibrillation (AF).