Patient Treatment Preferences for Heart Failure Medications: A Discrete Choice Experiment

Heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) is a medical condition that affects approximately 400,000 Canadians. HFrEF lowers quality of life and life expectancy. While there are several effective medication options available, the choices surrounding exactly which medications to take are difficult for clinicians and patients given the complex trade-offs of benefits and downsides. This project will involve administering questionnaires to patients to better understand their preferences about medications for HFrEF. We will then use these findings to develop interactive tools to support clinicians and patients and their healthcare providers in shared decision-making. This will also benefit the partner organization, the Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences, as it fits with their commitment to mentoring junior researchers and also increases their research capacity.

Faculty Supervisor:

Ricky Turgeon

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Partner:

Providence Health Care

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

The University of British Columbia

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