Patient Risk Interpretation of Symptoms Model (PRISM): How Patients Assess Cardiac Risk.

ABSTRACT:

Background

While there is a prevailing perception that coronary artery disease (CAD) is a "man's disease," little is known about the factors which influence cardiac risk assessment and whether it varies by gender.

Objectives

1) Qualitatively capture the complexity of cardiac risk assessment from a patient-centered perspective. 2) Explore how risk assessment may vary by gender. 3) Quantitatively validate qualitative findings among a new sample.

Design

This study was conducted in two parts: (1) semi-structured in-depth interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed verbatim, and analyzed using modified grounded theory; (2) emergent themes were surveyed in a separate sample to validate findings quantitatively. Differences were estimated using 2-tailed t-tests and kappa.

SUBMITTER: Kreatsoulas C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8342696 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature