Why the study?
What are patients' perceptions of statin therapy and what factors affect adherence?
Population
Patients with dyslipidaemia (based on 58 reviewed studies)
Design
Review
Authors
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May inform targeted counseling on statin perceptions in practice; leaves open prospective validation of adherence interventions.
What are patients' perceptions of statin therapy and what factors affect adherence?
Poor adherence to statin therapy is multifactorial and can be systematically understood using the Health Belief Model to design patient-centric approaches.
Chee et al. (2014) studied this question.
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