Background
Methods
Design
Data sources
Study selection
Inclusion criteria | Exclusion criteria |
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Studies published since 1995 (Global data) | Studies reporting on patient decision aids for oral anticoagulation |
Studies published in English language | The prescribing, monitoring, adherence of oral anticoagulants for conditions other than non-valvular atrial fibrillation |
Optimisation of oral anticoagulant medication. For example, a study may refer to aspects of medicines optimisation without specifically identifying this as such. Therefore, studies were included if they referred to safe prescribing, monitoring, adherence, safety, appropriate use, barriers to use, efficacy, adverse effects, or benefits of oral anticoagulants in elderly patients. | The prescribing, monitoring, adherence of oral anticoagulants for patients below 65 years of age |
The attitudes, perception, views or experiences of healthcare professionals or elderly patients taking oral anticoagulants | Clinical trials of oral anticoagulants |
Studies reporting on prescribing trends or patterns of anticoagulants |
Critical appraisal and study quality
Data extraction and data synthesis
Theme 1 | Theme 2 | Theme 3 | Theme 4 | Theme 5 | Theme 6 | Theme 7 |
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Medication safety concerns | Poor understanding | Older age | Co-morbidities | Practitioner/ patient confidence and experience | Patient support& adherence | Health & medication beliefs |
Monette et al., (1997) [19] | Lip et al (2002) [20] | McCrory et al., (1995) [21] | Anderson, Fuller and Dudley (2007) [22] | Wang and Bajorek (2016) [23] | Al-Khalili, Lindstrom and Benson (2016) [24] | Alonson-Coello et al, 2015 [25] |
Gross et al., (2003) [26] | Rewiuk et al., (2007) [27] | Monette et al., (1997) [19] | Arts et al., (2013) [28] | Yazdan-Ashoori et al (2017) [29] | Bastida et al., (2017) [30] | Crivera et al., (2016) [31] |
Larock et al., (2014) [32] | Frankel et al (2015) [33] | Granziera et al., (2015) [34] | Armbuster et al., (2014) [35] | Ikeda et al., (2018) [36] | Ferguson et al., (2017) [37] | Clarkesmith et al (2017) [38] |
Alonso-Coello et al., (2015) [39] | Glauser et al., (2016) [40] | Basaran et al., (2016) [41] | Rouaud et al., (2015) [42] | Murphy, Kirby & Bradley (2020) [43] | Hanon et al., (2016) [44] | Bartoli-Abdou, Patel, Xie et al (2018) [45] |
Bajorek et al., (2015) [46] | Wang and Bajorek (2016) [23] | Bertozzo et al., (2015) [47] | Ferguson et al., (2017) [37] | Bajorek et al (2007) [48] | Brown, Shewale and Talbert, (2017) [49] | Bartoli-Abdou, Patel, Crawshaw et al (2018) [50] |
Crivera et al., (2016) [31] | Clarkesmith et al (2017) [38] | Dantas et al., (2004) [51] | Bartoli-Abdou, Patel, Crawshaw et al., (2018) [45] | |||
Basaran et al, (2016) [41] | Dantas et al (2004) [51] | Bajorek et al., (2009) [52] | ||||
Clarkesmith, Lip and Lane (2017) [38] | Bajorek et al (2007) [48] | |||||
McGrath et al., (2017) [53] | Bajorek et al (2009) [52] |