Table 3.

Atrial fibrillation screening among those aware and not aware of Australian Atrial Fibrillation Guidelines

Screening practice and methods	Aware of guidelines (n = 175, 37.8%)	Not aware of guidelines (n = 288, 62.2%)	P-value
Did not perform asymptomatic AF screening	2 (1.1%)	67 (23.3%)	<  0.001
Performed AF screening with at least one AF screening method	173 (98.9%)	221 (76.7%)	<  0.001
Performed AF screening with two or more methods	82 (46.9%)	69 (24.0%)	<  0.001
Screening for AF with pulse palpation	171 (97.7%)	218 (75.7%)	< 0.001
Screening for AF with 12-lead ECG	76 (43.4%)	71 (24.7%)	< 0.001
Screening for AF with mobile device	12 (6.9%)	4 (1.4%)	0.003*

*Fisher exact test