Perspectives on Post-Stress Test Decision-Making and Preferred Outcomes Among Older Adults.

ABSTRACT: Among symptomatic older adults, noninvasive stress imaging is commonly used to assess for coronary artery disease. Comorbid geriatric conditions make an older adult population more vulnerable to complications of invasive testing and posttest treatment. To understand attitudes about post-stress imaging decision-making and preferred outcomes among older adults who had a stress test for suspected ischemic symptoms and their caregivers. In this qualitative study, focus groups were interviewed between July 2023 and March 2024. Focus groups included older adult patients (age ≥75 years) with recent cardiac stress imaging (within 12 months) at an urban academic hospital. The focus group facilitator guide addressed 3 domains: patient-physician communication during testing, patient preferences regar

SUBMITTER: Patel KK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12381669 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature