Retrospective cohort study assesses prevalence of physician inertia in dyslipidemia, highlighting factors affecting treatment decisions.
Key Points
This study aims to determine how often physicians fail to adjust treatments for patients with dyslipidemia who don't meet cholesterol targets and why.
Retrospective cohort study conducted using electronic medical records from outpatient services in northern Thailand.
Included 841 dyslipidemia patients treated from January 1, 2021, to December 31, 2021.
Logistic regression analysis identified factors associated with physician inertia.
82.0% prevalence of physician inertia among dyslipidemia patients.
Factors associated with inertia included female gender (adjusted OR 1.54, 95% CI 1.06-2.23), enrollment in the Civil Servant Medical Benefit Scheme (adjusted OR 1.58, 95% CI 1.06-2.37), hypertension (adjusted OR 2.56, 95% CI 1.69-3.87), and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (adjusted OR 2.75, 95% CI 1.64-4.60).