Priorities for Services in Young Patients With Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease and Their Family Members: An Exploratory Mixed-Methods Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Optimal design of clinical programs for patients with premature atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) (men aged ≤ 50 years, women aged ≤ 55 years) requires an understanding of their priorities. We aimed to explore patient and family priorities for services in clinical programs.

Methods

We co-designed this study with a Patient Partner Committee using a sequential exploratory mixed-methods design. In Phase I, we conducted semistructured interviews with participants from the Study to Avoid Cardiovascular Events in British Columbia (SAVE BC) (n = 15). In Phase II, we designed a questionnaire based on Phase I data and distributed it to all current SAVE BC participants. We collected close-ended responses (n = 116) and s

SUBMITTER: Cho RY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7063662 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature