Patient values and preferences regarding VTE disease: a systematic review to inform American Society of Hematology guidelines.

ABSTRACT: Values and preferences relate to the importance that patients place on health outcomes (eg, bleeding, having a deep venous thrombosis) and are essential when weighing benefits and harms in guideline recommendations. To inform the American Society of Hematology guidelines for management of venous thromboembolism (VTE) disease, we conducted a systematic review of patients' values and preferences related to VTE. We searched Medline, Embase, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, PsycINFO, and the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature from inception to April of 2018 (PROSPERO-CRD42018094003). We included quantitative and qualitative studies. We followed Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) guidance for rating the certainty and pr

SUBMITTER: Etxeandia-Ikobaltzeta I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7065473 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature