Effectiveness of Early Detection of Atrial Fibrillation
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Atrial Fibrillation
- 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
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
- 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
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
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