Patient-reported adherence to statin therapy, barriers to adherence, and perceptions of cardiovascular risk.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patient reports of their adherence behaviors, concerns about statins, and perceptions of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) risk could inform approaches for improving adherence to statin therapy. We examined these factors and their associations with adherence.

Methods

We conducted telephone interviews among a stratified random sample of adults receiving statins within an integrated delivery system (N = 730, 81% response rate) in 2010. We sampled equal numbers of individuals in three clinical risk categories: those with 1) coronary artery disease; 2) diabetes or other ASCVD diagnosis; and 3) no diabetes or ASCVD diagnoses. We assessed 15 potential concerns about and barriers to taking statins, and perceived risk of having a heart attack in the next 10 y

SUBMITTER: Fung V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5805247 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature