Atrial fibrillation (AF) screening using a smartphone electrocardiogram (ECG): pilot study to test implementation in the primary care setting.

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Atrial Fibrillation; Cardiovascular - Other cardiovascular diseases; Public Health - Health service research

• Registration Number: ACTRN12615000622505
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Sydney

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2015-06-16
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1000

Inclusion Criteria

Patients aged 65 years and over, who are eligible for an annual flu shot.

A convenience sample of General Practice will be selected from those who respond to the expression of interest for participation in the pilot study. General practices will need to offer annual flu-vaccination administered by a practice nurse, and need to have onsite wi-fi and a computerized patient management system to be considered eligible for participation. The first 5 eligible practices that respond to the expression of interest will be recruited to the study.

Exclusion Criteria

Insufficient cognitive capacity to understand the consent process

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Implementation success as assessed through process measures including: the proportion of eligible patients at each practice who attended for their flu vaccination and were screened according to the protocol; time taken to complete the intervention (measured and reported by the participating practice nurses); barriers affecting implementation of screening including competing demands for practice nurse time (measured using semi-structured interviews with the participating practice nurses, practice managers and a selection of general practitioners from each practice); and enablers and benefits of screening (measured using semi-structured interviews with the participating practice nurses, practice managers and a selection of general practitioners from each practice).[Completion of the screening intervention]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Acceptability of the intervention according to the general practice staff involved in the intervention (measured using semi-structured interviews with the participating practice nurses, practice managers and a selection of general practitioners from each practice)[Completion of screening intervention];The proportion of people screened with newly diagnosed AF, identified on the smartphone ECG and confirmed with a subsequent 12-lead ECG (reported as number identified and percentage of total screened)[Completion of screening intervention]