Variation in patients' perceptions of elective percutaneous coronary intervention in stable coronary artery disease: cross sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To assess the perceptions of patients with stable coronary artery disease of the urgency and benefits of elective percutaneous coronary intervention and to examine how they vary across centers and by providers.

Design

Cross sectional study.

Setting

10 US academic and community hospitals performing percutaneous coronary interventions between 2009 and 2011.

Participants

991 patients with stable coronary artery disease undergoing elective percutaneous coronary intervention.

Main outcome measures

Patients' perceptions of the urgency and benefits of percutaneous coronary intervention, assessed by interview. Multilevel hierarchical logistic regression models examined the variation in patients' understanding across centers and operators after adjusti

SUBMITTER: Kureshi F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4157615 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature