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ArticlePloS one2022

The anticoagulation length of therapy and risk of new adverse events in venous thromboembolism (ALTERNATIVE) study: Design and survey results.

Cecilia Portugal, Margaret C Fang, Alan S Go, Hui Zhou, John Chang, Priya Prasad, Dongjie Fan, Elisha A Garcia, Sue Hee Sung, Kristi Reynolds

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Article in PloS one, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Cecilia PortugalDepartment of Research and Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, CA, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0001-5361-7010
Margaret C FangDivision of Hospital Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0003-3362-1543
Alan S GoDivision of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, CA, United States of America.
Hui ZhouDepartment of Research and Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, CA, United States of America.
John ChangDepartment of Research and Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, CA, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0003-2821-9744
Priya PrasadDivision of Hospital Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States of America.
Dongjie FanDivision of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, CA, United States of America.
Elisha A GarciaDivision of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, CA, United States of America.
Sue Hee SungDivision of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, CA, United States of America.
Kristi ReynoldsDepartment of Research and Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, CA, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0001-7619-1649
Kaiser Permanente · USSan Francisco General Hospital · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Anticoagulation Length of Therapy and Risk of New Adverse Events In Venous Thromboembolism (ALTERNATIVE) study was designed to compare the benefits and harms of different treatment options for extended treatment of venous thromboembolism (VTE). In this paper, we describe the study cohort, survey data collection, and preliminary results. We identified 39,605 adult patients (age ≥ 18 years) from two large integrated health care delivery systems who were diagnosed with incident VTE and received initial anticoagulation therapy of 3 months or longer. A subset of the cohort (12,737) was invited to participate in a survey. Surveys were completed in English, Spanish or Mandarin via a mailed questionnaire, an online secure web link, or telephone. The survey domains included demographics, personal medical history, anticoagulant treatment history, anticoagulant treatment satisfaction, health-related quality of life and health literacy. A total of 5,017 patients participated in the survey for an overall response rate of 39.4%. The mean (SD) age of the survey respondents was 63.0 (14.5) years and self-reported race was 76.0% White/European, 11.1% Black/African American, and 3.8% Asian/Pacific Islander and 14.0% reported Hispanic ethnicity. Sixty percent of respondents completed the web survey, while 29.0% completed the mail-in paper survey, and 11.0% completed the survey via telephone. The ALTERNATIVE Study will address knowledge gaps by comparing several treatment alternatives for the extended management of VTE so that this information could be used by patients and clinicians to make more informed, patient-centered treatment choices.

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Health LiteracyVenous ThromboembolismAdolescentHumansMiddle AgedQuality of Life

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PMID36480548
PMCPMC9731472
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