2023
DOI: 10.7759/cureus.38934
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Navigating Cultural Diversity in the Selection of Cardiovascular Device Treatments: A Comprehensive Review

Md. Rockyb Hasan,
Tahsin Tabassum,
Tanzin Tabassum
et al.

Abstract: In cardiology, patients' cultural beliefs, linguistic differences, lack of knowledge, and socioeconomic status can create barriers to choosing device treatment. To address this issue, we conducted a thorough literature review using online databases such as PubMed, Google Scholar, and Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center's research portal. Our review found that cultural, religious, and linguistic barriers can contribute to patients' apprehension and reservations about device placement. These barriers ca… Show more

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“…Despite significant results, porcine-derived biomaterials have an imperative bioethical disadvantage due to religious beliefs. Porcine-based biomedical therapies and devices suffer resistance from a great number of patients, thus limiting their application since a large percentage of the population does not consume porcine products [43,44].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Despite significant results, porcine-derived biomaterials have an imperative bioethical disadvantage due to religious beliefs. Porcine-based biomedical therapies and devices suffer resistance from a great number of patients, thus limiting their application since a large percentage of the population does not consume porcine products [43,44].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Individuals' ethnic, geographic, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds are bound to affect their decisions regarding ICDs. 6 Black patients may differ with respect to religion/spirituality, immigration status, English language skills or accent, and culture, all of which have been shown to affect health care decisionmaking. Spirituality is a concept that has been historically difficult to define, overlapping, yet distinct from religion.…”
Section: See Article By Jackson Et Almentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Some strongly believe that the timing of death should be left to fate or divine judgment. 6 It would also be intriguing to know how immigration status and the spoken accent of the provider and patient contributed to the decisionmaking process for ICD uptake. A recent survey of the health care experiences of immigrants revealed that Black immigrant adults were twice as likely to report being treated differently by a health care provider based on their ethnicity, as well as their accent or ability to speak English, compared with White immigrants.…”
Section: See Article By Jackson Et Almentioning
confidence: 99%