Open AccessPatient-Accessible Tool for Shared Decision Making in Cardiovascular Primary Prevention
Author(s) -
Marianna Fontana,
Perviz Asaria,
Michela Moraldo,
Judith A. Finegold,
Khalil Hassanally,
Charlotte Manisty,
Dárrel P. Francis
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.113.007595
Subject(s) - medicine , interquartile range , primary prevention , population , demography , disease , environmental health , sociology
Primary prevention guidelines focus on risk, often assuming negligible aversion to medication, yet most patients discontinue primary prevention statins within 3 years. We quantify real-world distribution of medication disutility and separately calculate the average utilities for a range of risk strata.
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