Diagnosis of patients with atrial fibrillation Circulatory System
Conditions
Interventions
Patients: Single time point screening for atrial fibrillation using a KardiaMobile single lead or six lead ECG device.
Healthcare professionals: one semi-structured telephone interview.
Sponsors
Edinburgh Napier University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients: 1. Adults aged 65 years and over 2. Being a patient of the Newcastle dental hospital 3. Able to give informed consent 4. Due to time and financial constraints surrounding the cost translation services and qualitative data transcription, the study will be unable to recruit participants who cannot adequately understand verbal explanations or written information given in English. Healthcare professionals: 5. Healthcare professionals (and student healthcare professionals) who have been involved in the care of patients who are participating in the study.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients: 1. Have been diagnosed with severe co-existing conditions (severe dementia or terminal illness) 2. Are unable to give informed consent 3. Due to time and financial constraints surrounding the cost translation services and qualitative data transcription, the study will be unable to recruit participants who cannot adequately understand verbal explanations or written information given in English Healthcare professionals: 4. Dental hospital staff/students who are not working at the Newcastle Dental Hospital and not involved in the care of study participants 5. GPs who are not involved in the care of study participants
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The proportion of participants aged 65 years and older attending a dental clinic that take part in single time point atrial fibrillation screening using a KardiaMobile single lead or six lead device that are diagnosed with newly identified atrial fibrillation. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| At a single time point: 1. Periodontal health/disease status (most recent basic periodontal score retrieved from patient records) 2. Age, sex; ethnicity; Index of Multiple Deprivation quintile (calculated from postcode) 3. Incidence of atrial fibrillation (as per the primary outcome measure) 4. The barriers and facilitators to implementing atrial fibrillation screening in dental clinics identified via semi-structured interviews with healthcare professionals and student healthcare professionals involved in the screening study. | — |
Countries
England, United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed