Patients’ and healthcare professionals’ communication about PCI
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Qualitative exploration of patients' and healthcare professionals’ (HCPs) experiences of communicating the risks and benefits of elective percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).
IRAS ID
304689
Contact name
Emma Harris
Contact email
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 3 months, 20 days
Research summary
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) is the most common heart procedure for treating coronary artery disease. It is also the most preferred invasive treatment by patients. As part of decision making and consent, doctors are required to discuss potential risks and benefits with patients before undergoing the treatment. However, previous studies show that patients find it hard to understand the treatment risks and benefits discussed with healthcare professionals. It is also not known how this process occurs in clinical practice. This study aims to find out how patients and healthcare professionals experience and perceive discussions about the risks and benefits of undergoing PCI heart procedures. The study will also look at how information about the risks and benefits is provided. Data collection will involve interviews with patients who had elective PCI heart procedures and healthcare professionals who discuss treatment risks and benefits with patients. Treatment information documents such as patients' information leaflets will be analysed to complement the interview findings. Therefore, this study will provide a descriptive account of how the discussion of PCI risks and benefits occurs in clinical practice. The results can inform practitioners and the NHS to improve consultations to discuss PCI risks and benefits to patients undergoing the PCI heart procedures.
REC name
London - Bloomsbury Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
22/PR/0512
Date of REC Opinion
16 May 2022
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion