‘If you’ve lost your personality, there’s no point in changing the valve’—a qualitative study of older adults’ attitudes towards treatment of aortic stenosis with comorbid dementia
Older adults with severe aortic stenosis find it hard relating to dilemmas arising from providing TAVI in patients living with dementia. There is a need for tailor-made information to support autonomy and decision-making under uncertainty.
Authors
- Siri Rostoft (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4277-8641)
- Elisabeth Skaar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7911-884X)
- Alfonso J. Cruz‐Jentoft (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7628-4861)
- Margrethe Aase Schaufel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9273-2345)
- Anja Øksnes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1997-4449)
- Erik Jerome Stene Packer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5357-066X)
- Tom Jackson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6749-9959)
- Øyvind Bleie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7842-8707)
Institutions
- Oslo University Hospital (NO)
- University of Oslo (NO)
- Haukeland University Hospital (NO)
- Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal (ES)
- University of Bergen (NO)
- University of Birmingham (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Open
- Published
- 2024-11-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-086674
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.40
Funders
- Helse Vest