ArticleBMC family practice2013
Risk of cardiovascular disease? A qualitative study of risk interpretation among patients with high cholesterol.
Article in BMC family practice, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01187056 (The RISAP-study), which is not on this map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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The RISAP-study: a Complex Intervention in Risk Communication and Shared Decision-making in General Practice
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Patient beliefs and attitudes to taking statins: systematic review of qualitative studies.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2018Pooled it
- Cholesterol derivatives induce dephosphorylation of the histone deacetylases Rpd3/HDAC1 to upregulate autophagy.Autophagy · 2021Article
- Enablers and barriers to treatment adherence in heterozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia: a qualitative evidence synthesis.BMJ open · 2019Review
- Experiences of patients and healthcare professionals of NHS cardiovascular health checks: a qualitative study.Journal of public health (Oxford, England) · 2016Article
- Motivators and Deterrents to Diet Change in Low Socio-Economic Pakistani Patients With Cardiovascular Disease.Global qualitative nursing researchArticle
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Abstract
backgroundPrevious studies have shown the importance of paying attention to lay peoples' interpretations of risk of disease, in order to explain health-related behavior. However, risk interpretations interplay with social context in complex ways. The objective was to explore how asymptomatic patients with high cholesterol interpret risk of cardiovascular disease.
methodsFourteen patients with high cholesterol and risk of cardiovascular disease were interviewed, and patterns across patient accounts were identified and analysed from an ethnographic approach.
resultsInformation from the general practitioner about high cholesterol and risk of cardiovascular disease was reinterpreted in everyday social life. The risk associated with fatty foods was weighed against the pleasures of social and cultural events in which this type of food was common and cherished.A positive mindset was applied as a strategy to lower the risk of having high cholesterol, but knowledge about risk was viewed as a cause of anxiety and self-absorption, and this anxiety made the body susceptible to disease, hampering the chances for healthy life.
conclusionInterpretations of high cholesterol and risk of cardiovascular disease are embedded in social relations and everyday life concerns. This should be addressed in general practice in preference-sensitive cases about risk-reducing medication.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov: NCT01187056.
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