Screening Versus Routine Practice in Detection of Atrial Fibrillation in the Elderly Population of Lieto
NCT ID: NCT01721005
Last Updated: 2014-05-08
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Basic Information
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UNKNOWN
NA
200 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2012-04-30
2017-12-31
Brief Summary
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Prevalence of atrial fibrillation (AF) rises with age. Subjects have often symptoms like palpitation and discomfort but especially in elderly population there's significant quantity of persons who don't feel any symptoms and fail to seek for medical care for stroke prevention.
The main objectives in this study are to find out the prevalence of AF in the elderly population of Lieto, to assess the feasibility and reability of patient education on feeling one's pulse irregularity and the affect to the quality of life of the participating subjects and monitoring the possible increased burden to the public health care system.
The study contains two office visits with specified learning session and long-term phone-call follow-up.
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Detailed Description
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The study contains two office visits with specified learning session and long-term phone-call follow-up. A specially trained nurse will initially give a 10 min education on pulse palpation to each person and evaluate their capacity to learn pulse palpation. During followup visits the compliance of the patient and possible new arrhythmias plus quality of life issues are recorded and their ability of pulse palpation is evaluated by artificial hand where various kinds of pulses are transmitted.
Conditions
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Study Design
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NA
SINGLE_GROUP
PREVENTION
NONE
Study Groups
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pulse palpation education
The subject is educated to pulse palpation by registered cardiac nurse. The education time is limited to 10 minutes and done according preplanned education model
Subject education to pulse palpation
The subject is educated to pulse palpation by registered cardiac nurse. The education time is limited to 10 minutes and done according preplanned education model.
Interventions
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Subject education to pulse palpation
The subject is educated to pulse palpation by registered cardiac nurse. The education time is limited to 10 minutes and done according preplanned education model.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* inhabitant of Lieto
* willing to participate
Exclusion Criteria
* ongoing anticoagulant treatment
* permanent institutional care
75 Years
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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University of Turku
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Juhani Airaksinen
Professor
Principal Investigators
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Juhani K Airaksinen, Professor
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
University of Turku
Locations
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Härkätie community health center
Lieto, , Finland
Countries
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References
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Jaakkola J, Virtanen R, Vasankari T, Salminen M, Airaksinen KEJ. Self-detection of atrial fibrillation in an aged population: three-year follow-up of the LietoAF intervention study. BMC Geriatr. 2017 Sep 16;17(1):218. doi: 10.1186/s12877-017-0607-0.
Virtanen R, Kryssi V, Vasankari T, Salminen M, Kivela SL, Airaksinen KE. Self-detection of atrial fibrillation in an aged population: the LietoAF Study. Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2014 Nov;21(11):1437-42. doi: 10.1177/2047487313494041. Epub 2013 Jun 18.
Other Identifiers
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T31/2012
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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