Effectiveness of an Interdisciplinary, Nurse-coordinated Atrial Fibrillation Expert Program for Primary Care Patients

Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Atrial Fibrillation

Treatments: Other: Care provided by AF expert program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01928121

not yet applicable

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to assess the effectiveness of a newly developed interdisciplinary nurse-coordinated AF expert program for primary care patients. Therefore a prospective, pragmatic clustered randomized controlled trial will be performed in general practices.

Enrollment: 450 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Every newly diagnosed AF patient.
• Every AF patient who is not seen by a cardiologist or electrophysiologist in the past 2 years before inclusion.
• AF must be confirmed on electrocardiogram.
• Capable of providing written informed consent.
• Dutch speaking and verbally testable, without cognitive impairment.

Exclusion criteria

• AF patients who once received an arrhythmologic consult about AF prior to the start of the study.
• AF patients who have a systematic follow-up at a cardiologist prior to the start of the study.
• Terminally ill AF patients
• Participation in another clinical trial

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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450 participants in 2 patient groups

AF expert program

Experimental group

Description:

Care provided by the interdisciplinary, nurse-coordinated AF expert program

Treatment:

Other: Care provided by AF expert program

Usual care

No Intervention group