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March 29, 2026European Journal of Preventive Cardiology2 citations

Interventions to improve adherence among patients prescribed statins for primary prevention of cardiovascular diseases: A systematic review and meta-analysis

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SRShagoofa RakhshandaNBNancy BriggsJRJoel Rhee

Key Result

Interventions to improve adherence to statins for primary cardiovascular prevention demonstrated only a potential modest improvement with small effect sizes and limited certainty.

Key Points

  • The aim is to evaluate the effectiveness of various interventions on statin adherence for primary prevention of cardiovascular diseases.
  • Conducted a systematic review of interventions targeting statin adherence.
  • Performed a meta-analysis to assess effect sizes across studies.
  • Included heterogeneous evidence from multiple sources.
  • Found small effect sizes indicating modest improvements in statin adherence.
  • Evidence presented limited certainty regarding the effectiveness of interventions.

Structured PICO

Do interventions improve statin adherence in patients prescribed statins for primary prevention of cardiovascular diseases?

P
Population
Patients prescribed statins for primary prevention of cardiovascular diseases
I
Intervention
Interventions to improve adherence
O
Outcome
Statin adherence

Interventions aimed at improving statin adherence for primary prevention show only modest, small-effect improvements based on low-certainty evidence.

Limitations

  • heterogenous evidence
  • limited certainty

Abstract

The study found heterogenous evidence with limited certainty suggesting a potential modest improvement in statin adherence with interventions, where the effect sizes were small.

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Rakhshanda et al. (2026) studied this question. Interventions to improve adherence to statins for primary cardiovascular prevention demonstrated only a potential modest improvement with small effect sizes and limited certainty.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69c8c214de0f0f753b39c3abhttps://doi.org/10.1093/eurjpc/zwag175
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