Decentralising atrial fibrillation screening to overcome socio-demographic inequalities in uptake in STROKESTOP II.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

In the first STROKESTOP atrial fibrillation screening study, participation was influenced by socio-demographic and geographic factors. To improve uptake in the second study, two screening sites were added, closer to low-income neighbourhoods which had very low participation in the first study. This paper aims to analyse the geographic and socio-demographic disparities in uptake in the second trial and compare the results with the first trial.

Methods

Inhabitants of the Stockholm region born in 1940 and 1941 were randomised 1:1 to be invited to screening or serve as controls. Medical history, blood samples and single-lead-ECG were collected. Invitee's residential parish was used for geo-mapping analysis of the geographical disparities in participation, using hierarc

SUBMITTER: Gudmundsdottir KK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7905746 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature