Shared decision making for anticoagulation reduces anxiety and improves adherence in patients with atrial fibrillation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Treatment with oral anticoagulants (OACs) could prevent stroke in atrial fibrillation (AF), but side effects developed due to OACs may cause patients anxiety during decision making. This study aimed to investigate whether shared decision making (SDM) reduces anxiety and improves adherence to stroke prevention measures in patients with AF.

Methods

A one-group pretest-posttest design using a questionnaire survey was applied at the outpatient cardiology clinic between July 2019 until September 2020. A Patient Decision Aid (PDA) tool was used for the completion of the questionnaire survey after health education and counseling. Ten questions were included for patients' recognition of SDM, and a 5-point scoring method was used, where "very much" was scored as 5 points,

SUBMITTER: Chiu HH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10463811 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature