Key result
Nearly ~29% of rural Japanese patients with AF do not regularly visit medical institutions.
Why the study?
Preventing ischemic stroke requires identifying and treating patients with AF who do not consult a doctor, and the medical institution consultation rate among AF patients identified during group medical examinations in western Japan needed to be determined.
Cross-Sectional (n=4,338)
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May signal care gaps for high-risk rural AF patients; leaves open whether outreach improves anticoagulation rates.
In order to prevent ischemic stroke, it is important to identify and treat patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) who do not consult a doctor in a medical institution. The aim of this study was to determine the consultation rate at medical institutions for patients with AF in group medical examinations conducted in a city in western Japan. Of 6101 examinees of group medical examinations (40 years of age or older) conducted in Ibara City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan, from 2012 to 2014, 4338 participants (71.1%) who were evaluated by electrocardiogram (ECG) gave written informed consent and responded to surveys in the form of questionnaires through a personal interview conducted by nurses were included in the Ibara-AF study. A cumulative total of 82 subjects were diagnosed as having AF by ECG (prevalence of AF = 1.89%), and 51 individuals had AF during the three-year period.
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Matsumi et al. (2019) conducted a cross-sectional in Atrial fibrillation (n=4,338). Atrial fibrillation detected by ECG and interview vs. Regular medical institution visits vs non-regular visits was evaluated on Non-regular medical institution consultation rate among patients with ECG-diagnosed atrial fibrillation.
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