Non-interventional Study Describing Patients´ Perception on Anticoagulant Treatment and Treatment Convenience When Treated With Pradaxa or Vitamine K Antagonist for Stroke Prevention in Non-Valvular Atrial Fibrillation

Satisfaction PACT-Q2 Scores at Second and Last Assessment Between Treatment Groups

时间窗: Day 30 up to Day 210

The individual questions in PACT-Q2 were grouped into two domains, convenience and satisfaction. For each domain, a global score was calculated and used for analysis. The range of the global score is 0-100, with higher score indicating better outcome. The global score is calculated by summing up the individual scores, and then rescaled to 0-100. The PACT-Q2 is to be administered to patients once treatment is ongoing. Due to the non-normality of the data, results presented are for median change instead of mean change in PACT-Q2 scores from baseline (V1) to Initiation stage (V2) and from baseline (V1) to Continuation stage (V3) with full range instead of standard deviation of the differences.

Characterization of Patients With Respect to Hypertension, Abnormal Renal and Liver Function, Stroke, Bleeding History or Predisposition, Labile International Normalized Ratio (INR), Elderly (>65 Years), Drug and Alcohol (HAS-BLED) Score

时间窗: Baseline

HAS-BLED is a scoring system developed to assess 1-year risk of major bleeding in patients with atrial fibrillation. A calculated HAS-BLED score is between 0 and 9 and based on eight parameters with a weighted value of 0-2. A high score corresponds to a greater risk, while low score corresponds to a lower risk. Data presented are percentage of patients with high and low risk.

Duration in Months of Previous VKA Treatment

时间窗: Baseline

The data presented in this outcome measure are Mean (SD) of duration in months of previous VKA treatment in total patients in cohort A.

Convenience PACT-Q2 Scores at Second and Last Assessment Between Treatment Groups

时间窗: Day 30 up to Day 210

The individual questions in PACT-Q2 were grouped into two domains, convenience and satisfaction. For each domain, a global score was calculated and used for analysis. The range of the global score is 0-100, with higher score indicating better outcome. The global score is calculated by summing up the individual scores, and then rescaled to 0-100. The PACT-Q2 is to be administered to patients once treatment is ongoing. Due to the non-normality of the data, results presented are for median change instead of mean change in PACT-Q2 scores from baseline (V1) to Initiation stage (V2) and from baseline (V1) to Continuation stage (V3) with full range instead of standard deviation of the differences.

Convenience PACT-Q2 Scores at Second and Last Assessment Compared to Baseline Assessment

时间窗: From baseline up to 210 days

The individual questions in PACT-Q2 were grouped into two domains, convenience and satisfaction. For each domain, a global score was calculated and used for analysis. The range of the global score is 0-100, with higher score indicating better outcome. The global score is calculated by summing up the individual scores, and then rescaled to 0-100. The PACT-Q2 is to be administered to patients once treatment is ongoing. Due to the non-normality of the data, results presented are for median change instead of mean change in PACT-Q2 scores from baseline (V1) to Initiation stage (V2) and from baseline (V1) to Continuation stage (V3) with full range instead of standard deviation of the differences.

Satisfaction PACT-Q2 Scores at Second and Last Assessment Compared to Baseline Assessment

时间窗: From baseline up to 210 days

The individual questions in PACT-Q2 were grouped into two domains, convenience and satisfaction. For each domain, a global score was calculated and used for analysis. The range of the global score is 0-100, with higher score indicating better outcome. The global score is calculated by summing up the individual scores, and then rescaled to 0-100. The PACT-Q2 is to be administered to patients once treatment is ongoing. Due to the non-normality of the data, results presented are for median change instead of mean change in PACT-Q2 scores from baseline (V1) to Initiation stage (V2) and from baseline (V1) to Continuation stage (V3) with full range instead of standard deviation of the differences.

Characterization of Patients With Respect to Congestive Heart Failure, Hypertension, Age (≥75), Diabetes Mellitus, Stroke/Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA), Vascular Disease, Age 65-75, Sex Category (CHA2DS2-VASc) Score

时间窗: Baseline

CHA2DS2-VASc score, are clinical prediction rules for estimating the risk of stroke in patients with non-rheumatic atrial fibrillation (AF), a common and serious heart arrhythmia associated with thromboembolic stroke. Such a score is used to determine whether or not treatment is required with anticoagulation therapy or antiplatelet therapy. CHA2DS2-VASc stroke risk score may range from 0 to 9 with 0 being the best outcome. Score of \< 2 was considered as low or intermediate risk and score of ≥ 2 was considered as high risk.

Characterization of Patients With Respect to Concomitant Therapies

时间窗: Baseline

Concomitant therapies are two or more drugs used or given at or almost at the same time. The data presented here are percentage of total patients for taking concomitant medication.

Stroke- and/or Bleeding Related Risk Factors in Medical History and at Baseline (Not Applicable)

时间窗: Baseline

This endpoint is not assessable as the necessary data was not collected in the database

Characterization of Patients With Respect to Kidney Function (Creatinine Clearance)

时间窗: Baseline and up to 210 days

Creatinine is a waste product produced by muscles from the breakdown of a compound called creatine. Creatinine is filtered from the blood by the kidneys and released into the urine. A creatinine clearance test measures creatinine levels in both a sample of blood and a sample of urine from a 24-hour urine collection. The results are used to calculate the amount of creatinine that has been cleared from the blood and passed into the urine. Data presented here are geometric mean and confidence interval of creatinine clearance for patients at baseline (V1), initiation stage (V2) and continuation stage (V3).

Characterization of Patients With Respect to Comorbidities

时间窗: Baseline

Comorbidity is the presence of one or more additional diseases or disorders co-occurring with (that is, concomitant or concurrent with) a primary disease or disorder. Data presented here are percentage of total patients with comorbidities.

Characterization of Patients With Respect to Dosing of Pradaxa

时间窗: Baseline and up to 210 days

The data presented in this outcome measure is percentage of patients in both cohorts receiving 110 mg and 150 mg dose of Pradaxa at baseline (V1).