Atrial Fibrillation Screening in Nursing Homes

Completed

Conditions studied: Atrial Fibrillation

In brief

This study was designed to screen high risk patients in nursing homes for atrial fibrillation with intermittent electrocardiogram (ECG) recordings using a portable, smartphone-based, mobile ECG recording device (Kardia Mobile, AliveCor, Inc.). The investigators hypothesized that screening patients with 2 or more risk factors for atrial fibrillation would yield a higher incidence of atrial fibrillation compared to prior studies.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03860246

Run by

State University of New York at Buffalo

People needed

245

Starts

2018-02-01

Expected to finish

2018-11-01

Last updated by the study team

2019-03-04

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Nursing home residents with ≥2 of the following risk factors for atrial fibrillation:
• age ≥75 years
• female sex
• obstructive sleep apnea
• peripheral vascular disease
• diabetes mellitus
• obesity (body mass index [BMI] >30 kg/m2)
• hypertension
• congestive heart failure

You may not qualify if…

• prior diagnosis of AF
• continuous rhythm monitoring over the past year
• pacemaker or implantable cardioverter defibrillator in situ

Where it is running

• CTRC — Buffalo, New York, United States

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