Shared decision making for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common ongoing health problem that places patients at risk of stroke. Whether and how a patient addresses this risk depends on each patient's goals, context, and values. Consequently, leading cardiovascular societies recommend using shared decision making (SDM) to individualize antithrombotic treatment in patients with AF. The aim of this study is to assess the extent to which the ANTICOAGULATION CHOICE conversation tool promotes high-quality SDM and influences anticoagulation uptake and adherence in patients with AF at risk of strokes.

Methods

This study protocol describes a multicenter, encounter-level, randomized trial to assess the effect of using the ANTICOAGULATION CHOICE conversation tool in the clinical encounter,

SUBMITTER: Kunneman M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5622521 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature