Survey question |
Responses (of 277) |
Proportion of vascular professionals who thought that patients view AAA as a “disease” |
84% |
Proportion of vascular professionals who thought that patients get anxious around the time of AAA surveillance |
72% |
Proportion of vascular professionals who thought patients are: |
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“Very preoccupied” with the size of their AAA |
35% |
“Somewhat preoccupied” by the size of their AAA |
35% |
“Slightly preoccupied” by the size of their AAA |
27% |
“Not at all preoccupied” by the size of their AAA |
3% |
Proportion of vascular professionals who thought the patient feels “cured” by AAA surgery |
84% |
In thehypotheticalscenario where a biomarker predicts the small AAA to be fastgrowing : |
|
Proportion who thought patients would prefer to have surgery early |
58% |
Proportion who thought patients would prefer to delay surgery |
26% |
Proportion who were unsure what patients would prefer |
17% |
Amongst those vascular professionals who thoughts patients would prefer to have surgery early in the above hypothetical scenario:
|
|
Proportion who thought patients would prefer to have endovascular repair (EVAR) |
55% |
Proportion who thought patients would prefer to have open surgical repair (OSR) |
14% |
Proportion who thought patients would follow the surgeon's advice regarding the type of surgical repair |
33% |
In the above hypothetical scenario, would the vascular professional consider referring the patient to a clinical trial to test the benefit of early surgery:
|
|
“Yes, definitely” |
48% |
“Maybe” |
42% |
“No, definitely not” |
10% |
What vascular professionals thought was the most important outcome for the patient in such as clinical trial: |
|
“To make the patients live longer” |
40% |
“To reduce the patients’ anxiety about their AAA” |
42% |
“To improve the patients’ quality of life“ |
18% |