Patients’ preferences for ways to communicate benefits of cardiovascular medication
NZ Literature Abstract
posted by Research Admin on 19 April 2011
Authors
Felicity Goodyear-Smith
Timothy Kenealy
Susan Wells
Bruce Arroll
Margaret Horsburgh
Year of Publication
2011
Source
Annals of Family Medicine 9, 121-127
Publication Type
Journal article (peer reviewed)
Publication Status
Completed
Abstract
The authors wanted to determine patients’ willingness to take preventive cardiovascular disease (CVD) medication in relation to their 5-year CVD risk score and modes of communicating benefits of therapy. Study participants were 934 consecutive patients drawn from family practitioners’ waiting rooms in Auckland, who knew their 5-year CVD risk (ranging from 5% to 30%) and who completed a questionnaire asking them to rate how much various modes of communicating the benefits of therapy would encourage them to take medication daily, where the benefits from medication were proportional to their estimated CVD risk score.
Type of Study
Quantitative, Analysis
How to Access
Available free in full text at: http://annfammed.org/cgi/content/abstract/9/2/121