Real-world adherence and persistence to direct oral anticoagulants in patients with atrial fibrillation: a systematic review and meta-analysis

AF Ozaki, AS Choi, QT Le, DT Ko, JK Han… - … Quality and Outcomes, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Stroke reduction with direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) in atrial fibrillation
(AF) is dependent on adherence and persistence in the real-world setting. Individual study …

Adherence to oral anticoagulants among patients with atrial fibrillation: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies

S Salmasi, PS Loewen, R Tandun, JG Andrade… - BMJ open, 2020 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Introduction Medications cannot exert their effect if not taken as prescribed by patients. Our
objective was to summarise the observational evidence on adherence to oral anticoagulants …

Management of patients treated with direct oral anticoagulants in clinical practice and challenging scenarios

F Lucà, F Oliva, MG Abrignani, SA Di Fusco… - Journal of Clinical …, 2023 - mdpi.com
It is well established that direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) are the cornerstone of
anticoagulant strategy in atrial fibrillation (AF) and venous thromboembolism (VTE) and …

[HTML][HTML] A smartphone app to improve oral anticoagulation adherence in patients with atrial fibrillation: prospective observational study

K Senoo, T Miki, T Ohkura, H Iwakoshi… - JMIR mHealth and …, 2022 - mhealth.jmir.org
Background Poor adherence to oral anticoagulation in elderly patients with atrial fibrillation
(AF) has been shown to negatively impact health care costs, morbidity, and mortality …

Optimizing adherence and persistence to non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulant therapy in atrial fibrillation

JM Farinha, ID Jones, GYH Lip - European Heart Journal …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is associated with an increased risk of stroke, which can be prevented
by the use of oral anticoagulation. Although non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants …

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on England's national prescriptions of oral vitamin K antagonist (VKA) and direct-acting oral anticoagulants (DOACs): an interrupted …

S Alkhameys, R Barrett - Current medical research and opinion, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Background Direct-acting oral anticoagulants (DOACs) were developed as an alternative to
warfarin to treat and prevent thromboembolism, including stroke prevention in non-valvular …

Application of Alfalfa App in the management of oral anticoagulation in patients with atrial fibrillation: a multicenter randomized controlled trial

W Xu, X Huang, Q Lin, T Wu, C Guan, M Lv… - BMC Medical Informatics …, 2024 - Springer
Background In recent years, mobile medical technology has made great progress in chronic
disease management, but its application in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) still needs to …

Adherence to antithrombotic therapy for patients attending a multidisciplinary thrombosis service in Canada–a cross-sectional survey

KO Bonsu, S Young, T Lee, H Nguyen… - Patient preference and …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Background Poor medication adherence puts patients who require antithrombotic therapy at
greater risk of complications. We started a multidisciplinary Adult Outpatient Thrombosis …

Increased risk of stroke due to non-adherence and non-persistence with Direct Oral Anticoagulants (DOACs): real-world analyses using a nested case–control study …

E Holthuis, E Smits, G Spentzouris, D Beier… - Drugs-real world …, 2022 - Springer
Background A high degree of adherence to direct oral anticoagulants is essential for
reducing the risk of ischaemic stroke and systemic embolism in patients with atrial fibrillation …

Adherence and persistence with once-daily vs twice-daily direct oral anticoagulants among patients with atrial fibrillation: real-world analyses from the Netherlands …

E Smits, F Andreotti, E Houben, HJGM Crijns… - Drugs-Real World …, 2022 - Springer
Background Direct oral anticoagulants are available for patients with atrial fibrillation.
Objective This study compared adherence and persistence of once-daily (QD) vs twice-daily …