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The Statin Choice decision aid in primary care: a randomized trial.
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PMID:  19959322     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Process    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
OBJECTIVE: To assess the impact of a decision aid on perceived risk of heart attacks and medication adherence among urban primary care patients with diabetes.
METHODS: We randomly allocated 150 patients with diabetes to participate in a usual primary care visit either with or without the Statin Choice tool. Participants completed a questionnaire at baseline and telephone follow-up at 3 and 6 months.
RESULTS: Intervention patients were more likely to accurately perceive their underlying risk for a heart attack without taking a statin (OR: 1.9, CI: 1.0-3.8) and with taking a statin (OR: 1.4, CI: 0.7-2.8); a decline in risk overestimation among patients receiving the decision aid accounts for this finding. There was no difference in statin adherence at 3 or 6 months.
CONCLUSION: A decision aid about using statins to reduce coronary risk among patients with diabetes improved risk communication, beliefs, and decisional conflict, but did not improve adherence to statins.
PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: Decision aid enhanced communication about the risks and benefits of statins improved patient risk perceptions but did not alter adherence among patients with diabetes.
Authors:
Devin M Mann; Diego Ponieman; Victor M Montori; Jacqueline Arciniega; Thomas McGinn
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2009-12-02
Journal Detail:
Title:  Patient education and counseling     Volume:  80     ISSN:  1873-5134     ISO Abbreviation:  Patient Educ Couns     Publication Date:  2010 Jul 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-06-23     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8406280     Medline TA:  Patient Educ Couns     Country:  Ireland    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  138-40     Citation Subset:  N    
Copyright Information:
Copyright 2009 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
Affiliation:
Division of General Internal Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA. devin.mann@mssm.edu
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