Perspectives on Why Patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment Might Receive Fewer Cardiovascular Disease Treatments than Patients with Normal Cognition.

ABSTRACT:

Background

People with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) receive fewer guideline-concordant treatments for cardiovascular disease (CVD) than people with normal cognition (NC).

Objective

To understand physician perspectives on why patients with MCI receive fewer CVD treatments than patients with NC.

Methods

As part of a mixed-methods study assessing how patient MCI influences physicians' decision making for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and stroke treatments, we conducted a qualitative study using interviews of physicians. Topics included participants' reactions to data that physicians recommend fewer CVD treatments to patients with MCI and reasons why participants think fewer CVD treatments may be recommended to this patient population.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Blair EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10499501 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature