Conference
Helping Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Make Treatment Decisions: Statin Choice Randomized Trial
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Poor quality of information transfer about the benefits and risks of statin drug use may result in patients not making informed decisions that they can act on in a timely fashion.
METHODS: The effect of a decision aid about statin drugs on treatment decision making in 98 patients with diabetes was determined in a cluster randomized trial of decision aid vs control pamphlet, with concealed allocation, blinding of participants to …
Authors
Weymiller AJ; Montori VM; Jones LA; Gafni A; Guyatt GH; Bryant SC; Christianson TJH; Mullan RJ; Smith SA
Volume
167
Pagination
pp. 1076-1082
Publisher
American Medical Association (AMA)
Publication Date
May 28, 2007
DOI
10.1001/archinte.167.10.1076
Conference proceedings
JAMA Internal Medicine
Issue
10
ISSN
2168-6106