Open Access<p>Patient Treatment Preferences for Heart Failure Medications: A Mixed Methods Study</p>
Author(s) -
Katy E. Trinkley,
Michael G. Kahn,
Larry A. Allen,
Heather Haugen,
Miranda Kroehl,
Chen-Tan Lin,
Daniel C. Malone,
Daniel D. Matlock
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
patient preference and adherence
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.885
H-Index - 48
ISSN - 1177-889X
DOI - 10.2147/ppa.s276328
Subject(s) - medicine , thematic analysis , guideline , focus group , adverse effect , quality of life (healthcare) , heart failure , ranking (information retrieval) , family medicine , intensive care medicine , qualitative research , nursing , marketing , social science , pathology , machine learning , sociology , computer science , business
Consideration of patient preferences for guideline-directed medical therapies (GDMT) for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) may help improve major gaps in prescribing and adherence. This study aimed to identify the range and relative priority of factors influencing patients' decisions to take HFrEF medications.