Patient-Led Mass Screening for Atrial Fibrillation in the Older Population Using Handheld Electrocardiographic Devices Integrated With a Clinician-Coordinated Remote Central Monitoring System: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial and Process Evaluation

Kam Cheong Wong   ^{1, 2, 3, 4} , BEng, MBBS, MSc ;   Tu N Nguyen   ¹ , MD, PhD ;   Simone Marschner   ¹ , BSc, MSc ;   Samual Turnbull   ^{1, 5} , BSc ;   Mason Jenner Burns   ¹ , BMedSc ;   Jia Yi Anna Ne   ^{1, 5} , MBBS, MPhil ;   Vishal Gopal   ¹ , BMedSc ;   Anupama Balasuriya Indrawansa   ¹ , MBBS ;   Steven A Trankle   ⁶ , PhD ;   Tim Usherwood   ^{1, 2, 7} , BSc, MBBS, MD ;   Saurabh Kumar   ^{1, 2, 5} , MBBS, PhD ;   Richard I Lindley   ^{1, 7} , MBBS, MD ;   Clara K Chow   ^{1, 2, 5, 7, 8} , MBBS, PhD

¹ Westmead Applied Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Westmead, Australia

² Westmead Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Westmead, Australia

³ Bathurst Rural Clinical School, School of Medicine, Western Sydney University, Bathurst, Australia

⁴ School of Rural Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Orange, Australia

⁵ Department of Cardiology, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, Australia

⁶ General Practice Department, School of Medicine, Western Sydney University, Campbelltown, Australia

⁷ The George Institute for Global Health, Sydney, Australia

⁸ Charles Perkins Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia