Abstract
This Science for patients refers to ‘Decision aids for shared decision-making and appropriate anticoagulation therapy in patients with atrial fibrillation: a systematic review and meta-analysis’ by D. Song et al., Eur J Cardiovasc Nurs, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurjcn/zvab085.
This Science for patients is focused on tools to help patients with atrial fibrillation (irregular heart rhythm) and their families together with health professionals to make shared decisions about anticoagulation (blood thinning) therapy to prevent stroke.
The researchers looked for studies on the use of decision aids designed to help patients with atrial fibrillation, also called AF, to make decisions together with health care professionals about whether or not to take anticoagulants (blood thinning medication) to prevent stroke (a blood clot in the brain as a potential complication from AF).
This Science for patients is focused on tools to help patients with atrial fibrillation (irregular heart rhythm) and their families together with health professionals to make shared decisions about anticoagulation (blood thinning) therapy to prevent stroke.
The researchers looked for studies on the use of decision aids designed to help patients with atrial fibrillation, also called AF, to make decisions together with health care professionals about whether or not to take anticoagulants (blood thinning medication) to prevent stroke (a blood clot in the brain as a potential complication from AF).
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 544-547 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Aug 2022 |
Keywords
- Atrial fibrillation
- Irregular heart rhythm
- Science for patients
- Decision aids
- Decision making
