Gattellari, Melina
Hayen, Andrew
Leung, Dominic Y. C.
Zwar, Nicholas A.
Worthington, John M.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Bupa Health Foundation
National Health and Medical Research Council Post-doctoral Training Fellowship (301136)
Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing, Primary Health Care Research, Evaluation and Development Mid-Level Career Research Fellowship
Article History
Received: 11 March 2019
Accepted: 28 May 2020
First Online: 8 June 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study was approved by The University of New South Wales Human Research Ethics Committee (#07067). We obtained written consent from the study participants.
: Not applicable.
: During 2017–2018, JMW and NZ were members of the National Heart Foundation of Australia and Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand Working Group (Honorary, unpaid positions) co-authoring the Australian Clinical Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Atrial Fibrillation. JMW was an invited speaker by the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand to present at the Society’s 66th Annual Scientific Meeting in 2018 on guideline recommendations regarding secondary stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation (costs of travel were covered; speaker fees were not paid).