Screening Education And Recognition by primary Care pHysician of Atrial Fibrillation for prevention of stroke (SEARCH-AF II)

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Atrial fibrillation; Stroke; Cardiovascular - Other cardiovascular diseases; Public Health - Health promotion/education; Stroke - Ischaemic

• Registration Number: ACTRN12613000429752
• Lead Sponsor: The George Institute for Global Health

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2013-04-16
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

People will be eligible to participate if they are attending the general practice for a consultation with their GP and are aged 65 years or over.

Exclusion Criteria

Exclusion criteria include:
a. diagnosis of a severe coexisting medical condition that would prevent participation (eg, dementia, terminal illness); or
b. the inability to read/understand the consent form and participant information statement in English.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The feasibility and acceptability of screening for AF using a hand-held single-lead ECG device in people aged 65 years and over in the general practice setting. A detailed process evaluation will be undertaken to assess these outcomes. As part of this evaluation, selected patients, GPs and reception staff will be asked to participate in semi-structured interviews. The audio from these interviews will be recorded, then coded and analysed using grounded theory.[At completion of screening period.];The satisfaction of GPs, reception staff and patients with the screening process in the general practice setting. As noted above in relation to primary outcome 1, this will be assessed through semi-structured interviews of selected GPs, reception staff and patients.[During and after the screening process.]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Process measures, such as the time taken to complete the intervention, competing demands for practice reception staff time, and the attitudes of patients and staff involved in the intervention. As noted above in relation to primary outcome 1, this will be assessed through semi-structured interviews of selected GPs, reception staff and patients.[During and after the screening process.];Barriers (including technological barriers), enablers and other information relevant to the process of developing a larger-scale implementation study. This will be assessed through semi-structured interview data together with any other information gathered by the research team during the conduct of the study either directly or from any of the involved general practices.[At completion of screening period.]