Pharmacy-Based Atrial Fibrillation Screening Model Coordinated by a Regional Stroke and Cardiovascular Disease Support Center　― The Catch AF Project ―

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  Figure 1.. Conceptual scheme of the Catch AF project. A regional stroke and cardiovascular disease support center led a community-based AF detection program by coordinating participating pharmacies, providing standardized training, and supplying electrocardiogram (ECG) devices and educational materials. Pharmacy visitors underwent opportunistic screening using a single-lead ECG device. Pharmacists provided guidance and recommended medical consultation when the recordings were classified as indicating ‘possible AF’, with further evaluation performed at local medical institutions. AF, atrial fibrillation.

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  Figure 2.. Monthly number of electrocardiogram (ECG) measurements and recordings indicating possible atrial fibrillation (AF). The bars represent the total number of ECG measurements performed each month, and the red line graph represents the number of recordings classified as indicating ‘possible AF’. The study period was from May 2024 to October 2025.

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  Figure 3.. Customer satisfaction analysis of pharmacist questionnaire responses. Each point represents an individual questionnaire item plotted according to its standardized importance score (x-axis) and satisfaction score (y-axis), with the intersection set at 50. The items are color-coded according to the questionnaire domain. Quadrant I indicates items with high importance and high satisfaction (maintaining performance); Quadrant II indicates low importance and high satisfaction (excessive performance); Quadrant III indicates low importance and low satisfaction (secondary priority); and Quadrant IV indicates high importance and low satisfaction (priority for improvement). The detailed questionnaire items and their corresponding scores are presented in Table 1.