Screening Versus Routine Practice in Detection of Atrial Fibrillation in the Elderly Population of Lieto (LietoAF)
The aim of this study is to evaluate the feasibility of patient education on feeling the own pulse irregularity in the elderly population of Lieto.
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.
Studieoversigt
Status
Status
Betingelser
Betingelser
Intervention / Behandling
Intervention / Behandling
Detaljeret beskrivelse
The main objectives in this study are to find out the prevalence of AF in the elderly population of Lieto, to assess the feasibility 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. 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.
Undersøgelsestype
Undersøgelsestype
Tilmelding (Faktiske)
Tilmelding
Fase
Fase
- Ikke anvendelig
Kontakter og lokationer
Studiesteder
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Lieto, Finland, 21420
- Härkätie community health center
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Deltagelseskriterier
Berettigelseskriterier
Berettigelseskriterier
Aldre berettiget til at studere
Tager imod sunde frivillige
Køn, der er berettiget til at studere
Beskrivelse
Inclusion Criteria:
- patient aged 75 or over
- inhabitant of Lieto
- willing to participate
Exclusion Criteria:
- chronic atrial fibrillation
- ongoing anticoagulant treatment
- permanent institutional care
Studieplan
Hvordan er undersøgelsen tilrettelagt?
Design detaljer
- Primært formål: Forebyggelse
- Tildeling: N/A
- Interventionel model: Enkelt gruppeopgave
- Maskning: Ingen (Åben etiket)
Antal våben
Våben og indgreb
Deltagergruppe / ArmDeltagergruppe / Arm |
Intervention / BehandlingIntervention / Behandling |
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Andet: 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
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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.
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Hvad måler undersøgelsen?
Primære resultatmål
Primære resultatmål
Resultatmål |
Foranstaltningsbeskrivelse |
Tidsramme |
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The willingness to the pulse palpation and competence independently learn to feel own pulse.
Tidsramme: 1 month control visit
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Based on learning session evaluated by nurse and objective evaluation of the learned skills by pulse-arm device and patient's pulse diary
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1 month control visit
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Sekundære resultatmål
Sekundære resultatmål
Resultatmål |
Foranstaltningsbeskrivelse |
Tidsramme |
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Number of patients with new atrial fibrillation detected during the study
Tidsramme: At 1 year followup
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During the 1 year followup visit information on atrial fibrillation is gathered form the patients records and by interview
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At 1 year followup
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Andre resultatmål
Andre resultatmål
Resultatmål |
Foranstaltningsbeskrivelse |
Tidsramme |
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Quality of life
Tidsramme: 1 year followup visit
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EQ5D based evaluation
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1 year followup visit
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New atrial fibrillation at long-term followup
Tidsramme: 5 year control
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Data on atrial fibrillation and thromboembolic complications is gathered from patient records and patient interview
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5 year control
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Samarbejdspartnere og efterforskere
Sponsor
Sponsor
Efterforskere
Efterforskere
- Ledende efterforsker: Juhani K Airaksinen, Professor, University of Turku
Publikationer og nyttige links
Generelle publikationer
- 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.
Datoer for undersøgelser
Studer store datoer
Studiestart
Studiestart
Primær færdiggørelse (Forventet)
Primær færdiggørelse
Studieafslutning (Forventet)
Studieafslutning
Datoer for studieregistrering
Først indsendt
Først indsendt
Først indsendt, der opfyldte QC-kriterier
Først indsendt, der opfyldte QC-kriterier
Først opslået (Skøn)
Først opslået
Opdateringer af undersøgelsesjournaler
Sidste opdatering sendt (Skøn)
Sidste opdatering sendt
Sidste opdatering indsendt, der opfyldte kvalitetskontrolkriterier
Sidste opdatering indsendt, der opfyldte kvalitetskontrolkriterier
Sidst verificeret
Sidst verificeret
Mere information
Begreber relateret til denne undersøgelse
Nøgleord
Yderligere relevante MeSH-vilkår
Andre undersøgelses-id-numre
Andre undersøgelses-id-numre
- T31/2012
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