Staff acceptability and patient usability of a self-screening kiosk for atrial fibrillation in general practice waiting rooms.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Current Australian and European guidelines recommend opportunistic screening for atrial fibrillation (AF) among patients ≥65 years, but general practitioners (GPs) report time constraints as a major barrier to achieving this. Patient self-screening stations in GP waiting rooms may increase screening rates and case detection of AF, but the acceptability of patient self-screening from the practice staff perspective, and the usability by patients, is unknown.

Objective

To determine staff perspectives on AF self-screening stations and factors impacting acceptability, usability by patients, and sustainability.

Methods

We performed semi-structured interviews with 20 general practice staff and observations of 22 patients while they were undertaking self-screening.

SUBMITTER: McKenzie K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9596310 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature