Effectiveness of Early Detection of Atrial Fibrillation

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Atrial Fibrillation
• Interventions: Procedure: Screening; Procedure: Control

• Registration Number: NCT01291953
• Lead Sponsor: Hospital Universitario Reina Sofia de Cordoba

Brief Summary

To verify if the screening opportunistic of Atrial Fibrillation (AF) by means of the measurement of the arterial peripheral pulse is more effective than the habitual practice for the early detection of AF in 65-year-old who come to Primary care

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2011-01
• Study First Submitted: 2011-02-08
• Study First Submitted QC: 2011-02-08
• Study First Posted: 2011-02-09
• Primary Completion: 2015-06
• Study Completion: 2015-06
• Status Verified: 2024-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-02-02
• Last Update Posted: 2024-02-05

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 6990

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients that come to his center of health for any motive.

  • That give his assent informed to take part in the study.

Exclusion Criteria

• FA previous Diagnosis

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Screening	Screening	Opportunist Screening asymptomatic patients. Taking the arterial pulse. Will invite patient to realize an ECG, if pulse is irregular
Control	Control	Case finding of patient whith symptoms of atrial fibrilation. Taking the arterial pulse. ECG if pulse is irregular

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
efficacy of screening: number of cases diagnosed of Atrial fibrillation (AF)	one year	Risk Relative (RR)=number of cases of AF with the Screening/number of cases of AF with the habitual intervention