Misperception among physicians and patients regarding the risks and benefits of statin treatment: the potential role of direct-to-consumer advertising

The effect of the intensity of lipid-lowering medications on the LDL cholesterol treatment goals of Asian patients with dyslipidaemia in primary care

“…Nonetheless, a significant proportion of the study population (69Á3%) expressed concern of the drug therapy. Such perception was similar to a separate local survey, which reported that more than half of the respondents associated the long-term use of statins with liver and kidney damage, while a third associated it with the 1 Kon et al 16 reported misperception among patients regarding the risks and benefits of statin treatment, leading to exaggerated fears of statin-induced hepatotoxicity. In fact, 62Á8% of this study population would stop their medication if given the choice.…”

“…postulated that these misperceptions were propagated by direct‐to‐consumer advertising. They showed that patients who received risk information from their physician were more likely to understand the low hepatotoxic risk than patients receiving such information from other sources . Our study showed that younger, working and better educated patient were more likely to suspend their medication if they had the choice.…”

“…Such perception was similar to a separate local survey, which reported that more than half of the respondents associated the long‐term use of statins with liver and kidney damage, while a third associated it with the development of malignancy . Kon et al . reported misperception among patients regarding the risks and benefits of statin treatment, leading to exaggerated fears of statin‐induced hepatotoxicity.…”

Older peoples’ attitudes regarding polypharmacy, statin use and willingness to have statins deprescribed in Australia

“…Indeed, the impact of media on statin taking behaviour has been suggested by several studies [34,38]. Media was shown to negatively distort the perceived risk versus benefit ratio of statin therapy [38] through the emphasis of the potential statin-mediated adverse events over treatment benefits. Furthermore, media attention surrounding the withdrawal of cerivastatin was paralleled by a temporary decline in overall statin persistence [34].…”

The Expectant Model of Hypertension Management: Setting Expectations to Achieve Blood Pressure Control—Applying a Business Principle to Hypertension Management

“…Today in health care, there is a growing influence of the media in setting consumer (patient) expectations about therapeutic outcomes and health care quality through health care provider performance reports. There is little media effort to educate patients as to what will be required of them or their health care provider to achieve a desired outcome in many disease states, including hypertension control 6 . Success in exceeding expectations can only be achieved if expectations are first either identified or established.…”