Almost half of healthcare professionals indicated a need for guidelines on prescribing DOACs to frail older patients due to current complexities in practice.
What are healthcare professionals' perspectives and needs regarding prescribing DOACs to frail older patients?
Healthcare professionals lack a standardized approach and express a strong need for specific guidelines when prescribing DOACs to frail older patients.
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This study highlights the complexity of prescribing DOACs to frail older patients. While HCPs take multiple factors into account, a standardized approach to prescribing DOACs in this population remains lacking. In addition, almost half of HCPs expressed a need for guidelines regarding DOAC use in frail older patients. Hence, more research is needed to fill this knowledge gap and guide HCPs in clinical practice.
Jong et al. (Fri,) reported a other. Almost half of healthcare professionals indicated a need for guidelines on prescribing DOACs to frail older patients due to current complexities in practice.