Table 3.

Proportion of patient responses favouring alternative management strategies, stratified by inappropriate versus appropriate visits

Alternative strategy	Appropriate n=85 (n (%))	Inappropriate n=271 (n (%))	P value
Arrhythmia telephone line	30 (35)	87 (32)	0.68
24/7 arrhythmia nurse	26 (31)	86 (32)	0.95
Rapid assessment outpatient clinic	48 (57)	138 (51)	0.44
AF smartphone application	3 (4)	16 (6)	0.57
No alternative to ED	22 (26)	63 (23)	0.73

AF, atrial fibrillation; ED, emergency department.