Can you help NICE by completing a 5 minute survey to show a better understanding on how the AliveCor Kardia Mobile was helpful in detecting arrhythmias and AF?
Please click on the following link to participate :
nice.researchfeedback.net/K...
Thank you for your time and co-operation.
Only applicable to those given device by their GP??
It seems to assume the device was recommended or provided by a doctor which means my answers don't fit to the choices available.
The questions assume you were given the device to trial by a doctor but I used my own which was critical in getting the care I needed so I completed the survey anyway and explained that in the notes. I hope others will do the same to show how many of us are having to prove our own symptoms to get care.
Good point KG - I now have worked around the assumption in the survey that no-one would buy their own monitor.
I did the same.
Please take the survey as apparently NICE are now not accepting diagnosis via devices like Kardia and this will delay anti coagulation - I filled in how our medical director diagnosed new AF cases in screening with Kardia in town centre it's excellent!
Done and submitted.
I trialled one years ago and think you did @BobD where we had to send daily readings for 60/90 days (can’t quite remember) and then the kardia was ours to keep. I later bought newer model. Still filled survey in and explained in absence of any cardiac care for 10 years + and symptoms changing I was able to show EP when I paid for initial consultation what was happening.
I filled in the survey. I own my own so borrowing was not relevant. I explained that I would bypass the GP and go straight to my EP if I thought any action was required.
I was advised by my heart consultant to get a kardia. Thank goodness I did, because I was never in af when I went for a hospital appointment or when I wore a 48 hour monitor. I am now on the waiting list for a second ablation.
I, like many others, purchased my own KardiaMobile and filled in the questionnaire accordingly. I think this is a vital piece of kit for anyone with a history of AF (except maybe permanent AF). For a tiny cost of £100 this could save lives and avoid strokes. How much does a stroke cost the NHS and how many KardiaMobiles could be purchased for the cost of just one stroke? It's a no brainer for me. Steve.
I completed it with difficulty - its more for if you were given one by a Dr, the other problem being that they are asking for comments and then making sure there is no space to leave anything but the most sketchy comment. Not a good survey but worth doing on the off chance it results in greater availability of Kardia devices or Dr's paying attention to Kardia reports.
One of the questions is:
“Did you use it for the full amount of time you were loaned the monitor?”
This looks like a feedback form for a specific research project in which a KardiaMobile device was loaned to users.
I doubt that it was meant to be shared more generally.
It’s a NICE survey - a consultation survey not research and very important one.
All NHS practice and some insurance companies will only abide by NICE guidelines so if a 12 lead ECG is required for every diagnosis -one has to question the reasoning behind that and I can’t for the life of me think of any positive reasons - especially for those with PAF still seeking diagnosis.
It’s outrageous!
If you have used a Kardia - own purchase or loaned from GP - please complete the survey.
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