Journal
PATIENT EDUCATION AND COUNSELING
Volume 80, Issue 1, Pages 138-140Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2009.10.008
Keywords
Statins; Decision aid; Risk communication; Patient-provider communication; RCT; Diabetes; Medication adherence; Health beliefs
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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. (c) 2009 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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