Knowledge is power: general practitioners prescribing of new oral anticoagulants in Ireland

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dc.contributor.authorMurphy, Aileen
dc.contributor.authorKirby, Ann
dc.contributor.authorBradley, Colin P.
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-27T12:08:18Z
dc.date.available2018-09-27T12:08:18Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractObjective: New oral anticoagulants (NOACs) aim to overcome warfarin’s shortcomings, however their pharmacokinetic characteristics make prescribing complex. Thus it is imperative that general practitioners (GPs) are aware of specific treatments so as to maximise their benefits and minimise their pitfalls. This study explores GPs attitudes and experiences with prescribing NOACs in Ireland where, despite clear national prescribing guidelines advocating warfarin as first line therapy, the number of patients being prescribed NOACs for the first time is growing. Results: Using primary data collected from GPs in Ireland the factors influencing the likelihood of a GP initiating a prescription for a NOAC are determined using a probit model. Results indicate 46% of the sample initiated NOAC prescriptions and GP practice size is a significant factor influencing this. Analysis revealed no difference regarding the sources of information considered important amongst GPs when prescribing new drugs. However, there were differences in which factors were considered important when prescribing anticoagulants between initiating and non-initiating NOAC prescribers. The results of this study suggest better utilisation of existing information and education tools for GPs prescribing NOACs and managing NOAC patients is imperative, to ensure the right anticoagulant is prescribed for the right patient at the right time.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
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dc.identifier.articleid478
dc.identifier.citationMurphy, A., Kirby, A. and Bradley, C. (2018) 'Knowledge is power: general practitioners prescribing of new oral anticoagulants in Ireland', BMC Research Notes, 11(1), 478 (6pp). doi:10.1186/s13104-018-3597-xen
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/s13104-018-3597-x
dc.identifier.endpage6
dc.identifier.issn1756-0500
dc.identifier.journaltitleBMC Research Notesen
dc.identifier.startpage1
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/6933
dc.identifier.volume11
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherBioMed Central Ltd.en
dc.relation.urihttps://bmcresnotes.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13104-018-3597-x
dc.rights© 2018, the Author(s). Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.en
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectAnticoagulationen
dc.subjectPrescribing decisionsen
dc.subjectEducationen
dc.subjectPrimary careen
dc.titleKnowledge is power: general practitioners prescribing of new oral anticoagulants in Irelanden
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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