Moderate to Severe Osteoarthritis: What is the Economic Burden for Patients and the Health Care System? Insights from the "PONOS" Study.

Objective: To assess the economic burden of moderate to severe osteoarthritis (OA) management for patients and the health care system in Greece.

Design: A noninterventional, cross-sectional, prospective, epidemiological analysis of data from the medical records of patients with moderate to severe OA, recruited in a single visit from 9 sites in Greece. Outcomes included health care resource use (direct/indirect costs) associated with this patient population.

The impact of moderate to severe osteoarthritis on the physical performance and quality of life: a cross-sectional study in Greek patients (PONOS study).

Background: Osteoarthritis (OA) represents a leading cause of disability with limited data available for the Greek patients.

Objectives: To evaluate the impact of moderate to severe symptomatic hip/knee OA under treatment on physical performance and quality of life.

Methods: A non-interventional, cross-sectional, epidemiological study of patients with moderate/severe OA, recruited in a single visit from 9 expert sites in Athens, Greece.

Right drug, wrong dosage: insights from the PAVE-AF antithrombotic study in older patients with atrial fibrillation.

Optimal antithrombotic treatment of older patients is usually impeded by several prevailing misconceptions. The aim of our study was to assess the type, dosage and predictors of antithrombotic therapy in older patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF). PAVE-AF was a prospective, cross-sectional study, including NVAF patients ≥ 80 years from 30 participating centers.

Increased detection of suspected atrial fibrillation in elderly and female hypertensive patients through home blood pressure monitoring: the HOME-AF study.

Background: Episodes of suspected atrial fibrillation are particularly frequent in essential hypertension. This study aimed to investigate the incidence of new suspected atrial fibrillation cases detected through home blood pressure (BP) screening among hypertensive patients. Association of new suspected atrial fibrillation cases with arterial hypertension (AH) phenotypes and the CHA2DS2-VASc score was also investigated.