Exploring barriers and facilitators of primary care physicians towards optimising statin therapy in patients with hyperlipidaemia in the very high-risk group: a qualitative study in Singapore.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To explore the perspectives of primary care physicians with regard to the barriers and facilitators towards optimising statin therapy in patients with hyperlipidaemia in the very high-risk group.

Design

Qualitative descriptive study.

Setting

Four polyclinics in a public primary care institution in Singapore.

Participants

Seven men and five women working as primary care physicians were recruited for in-depth interviews.

Results

The major barriers to statin optimisation identified were patients' lack of knowledge and awareness, patients' fear of side effects, negative external influences on patients, poor doctor-patient relationship, time constraint during consultations, physicians' unfamiliarity with guidelines, low health literacy among the lo

SUBMITTER: Beh CY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10496678 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature