Practices, beliefs, and attitudes of clinicians in prescribing direct oral anticoagulants for obese adults with atrial fibrillation: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Atrial fibrillation (AF) and obesity affect over 60 and 650 million people, respectively.

Aim

This study aimed to explore clinician practices, beliefs, and attitudes towards the use of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) in obese adults (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m²) with AF.

Method

Semi-structured interviews via video conference were conducted with multidisciplinary clinicians from across Australia, with expertise in DOAC use in adults with AF. Clinicians were invited to participate using purposive and snowball sampling techniques. Data were analysed in NVIVO using thematic analysis.

Results

Fifteen clinicians including cardiologists (n = 5), hospital and academic pharmacists (n = 5), general practitioners (n = 2), a haematologist, a neurologist and a c

SUBMITTER: Shaikh F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10228882 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature