Implementing decision aids for cardiovascular disease prevention: stakeholder interviews and case studies in Australian primary care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Australian cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention guidelines recommend absolute CVD risk assessment, but less than half of eligible patients have the required risk factors recorded due to fragmented implementation over the last decade. Co-designed decision aids for general practitioners (GPs) and consumers have been developed that improve knowledge barriers to guideline-recommended CVD risk assessment and management. This study used a stakeholder consultation process to identify and pilot test the feasibility of implementation strategies for these decision aids in Australian primary care.

Methods

This mixed methods study included: (1) stakeholder consultation to map existing implementation strategies (2018-20); (2) interviews with 29 Primary Health Network (PHN)

SUBMITTER: Bonner C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10837956 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature