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Patient Preferences For Cardiovascular Preventive Medication: A Systematic Review, Loai Albarqouni, Jenny Doust, Paul Glasziou
Patient Preferences For Cardiovascular Preventive Medication: A Systematic Review, Loai Albarqouni, Jenny Doust, Paul Glasziou
Jenny Doust
OBJECTIVE:
To systematically review current evidence regarding the minimum acceptable risk reduction of a cardiovascular event that patients feel would justify daily intake of a preventive medication.
METHODS:
We used the Web of Science to track the forward and backward citations of a set of five key articles until 15 November 2016. Studies were eligible if they quantitatively assessed the minimum acceptable benefit-in absolute values-of a cardiovascular disease preventive medication among a sample of the general population and required participants to choose if they would consider taking the medication.
RESULTS:
Of 341 studies screened, we included 22, involving a total …