Effectiveness of Early Detection of Atrial Fibrillation

Conditions

Atrial Fibrillation

Keywords

atrial fibrillation, screening, prevention, case finding, primary care

Brief summary

To verify if the screening opportunistic of Atrial Fibrillation (AF) by means of the measurement of the arterial peripheral pulse is more effective than the habitual practice for the early detection of AF in 65-year-old who come to Primary care

González Blanco V, Pérula de Torres LÁ, Martín Rioboó E, Martínez Adell MÁ, Parras Rejano JM, González Lama J, Ruiz Moruno J, Martín Alvarez R, Fernández García JÁ, Ruiz de Castroviejo J, Roldán Villalobos A, Ruiz Moral R, grupo de estudio colaborativo DOFA-AP.

2016-10-2611 citations

10.1016/j.medcli.2016.07.036

Opportunistic detection of atrial fibrillation in subjects aged 65 years or older in primare care: a randomised clinical trial of efficacy. DOFA-AP study protocol.

Pérula-de-Torres LÁ, Martínez-Adell MÁ, González-Blanco V, Baena-Díez JM, Martín-Rioboó E, Parras-Rejano JM, González-Lama J, Martín-Alvarez R, Ruiz-Moral R, Fernández-García JÁ, Pérez-Díaz M, Ruiz-de-Castroviejo J, Pérula-de-Torres C, Valero-Martín A, Roldán-Villalobos A, Criado-Larumbe M, Burdoy-Joaquín E, Coma-Solé M, Cervera-León M, Cuixart-Costa L, Collaborative Group DOFA-AP.

2012-10-3011 citations

10.1186/1471-2296-13-106

Interventions

PROCEDUREScreening

Determination of the arterial pulse and if it is arrhythmic, accomplishment of an ECG

PROCEDUREControl

Determination of the arterial pulse and if it is arrhythmic, accomplishment of an ECG

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

SCREENING

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

65 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Patients that come to his center of health for any motive. * That give his assent informed to take part in the study.

Exclusion criteria

* FA previous Diagnosis

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
efficacy of screening: number of cases diagnosed of Atrial fibrillation (AF)	one year	Risk Relative (RR)=number of cases of AF with the Screening/number of cases of AF with the habitual intervention

Outcome results

None listed