None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
This study aims to document sensitivity and specificity when the ECGs of young athletes are interpreted by clinicians (excluding sports cardiologists) compared with interpretation by expert sports cardiologists. It also aims to assess the effectiveness of the ECG criteria tool in improving this sensitivity and specificity.
Interventions
The provision to clinicians of an electrocardiogram (ECG) interpretation criteria tool. This is a tool created by a team of clinician / researchers based on guidelines created by the European Society of Cardiology. It is used to provide clinicians with clarifications of ECG 'abnormalities' that may in fact be normal variants for an athlete. Assessment using the tool should take 2 to 2.5 hours (for assessment of 40 ECGs). This assessment is undertaken only once, with the other group performing th
The provision to clinicians of an electrocardiogram (ECG) interpretation criteria tool. This is a tool created by a team of clinician / researchers based on guidelines created by the European Society of Cardiology. It is used to provide clinicians with clarifications of ECG 'abnormalities' that may in fact be normal variants for an athlete. Assessment using the tool should take 2 to 2.5 hours (for assessment of 40 ECGs). This assessment is undertaken only once, with the other group performing the assessment without the tool (i.e. following usual practice).
Sponsors
Dr Daniel Exeter
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Diagnosis
Masking
Blinded (masking used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
0 to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
Clinicians who have are involved in the care of young athletes and interpretation of their pre-particpation screening ECGs General Practitioners Sports Physicians Sports Medicine Registrars Cardiologists
Exclusion criteria
Cardiologists who have a special interest in sports cardiology
Outcome results
None listed