Detecting and Diagnosing Atrial Fibrillation: enhanced case-finding in patients from general practice and evaluating three ways of irregular pulse detection. A cluster randomised trial with nested diagnostic studies
Completed
- Conditions
- arrhythmiaAtrial fibrillation1000752110014523
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON45031
- Lead Sponsor
- Academisch Medisch Centrum
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 19200
Inclusion Criteria
Aged 65 and over
Not diagnosed with atrial fibrillation
Exclusion Criteria
Legal incompetence
Pacemaker
Not capable of visiting the general practice
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>We have two primary outcomes. Firstly, we determine the difference in the<br /><br>number of patients with newly found AF in intervention and control practices.<br /><br>Secondly, we calculate sensitivity and specificity of pulse palpation, eBPM-AF<br /><br>and hand-ECG with the 12-lead ECG as reference standard. </p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method