Table 2.
Self‐Reported Management of Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation
Case Scenario | Case 1 | Case 2 | Case 3 | Case 4 | Case 5 | Case 6 | Case 7 | Case 8 | ||||||||||||||||
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Drug Treatment Choices | n | % HK | % AUS | n | % HK | % AUS | n | % HK | % AUS | n | % HK | % AUS | n | % HK | % AUS | n | % HK | % AUS | n | % HK | % AUS | n | % HK | % AUS |
Aspirin | 40 | 64.5 | 31.2 | 27 | 43.5 | 4.4 | 31 | 50.0 | 16.1 | 3 | 4.8 | 2.9 | 23 | 37.1 | 19.0 | 9 | 14.5 | 2.9 | 15 | 24.2 | 15.6 | 15 | 24.2 | 9.6 |
Warfarin | 8 | 12.9 | 61.7 | 25 | 40.3 | 88.8 | 22 | 35.5 | 73.3 | 34 | 54.8 | 71.0 | 15 | 24.2 | 45.6 | 7 | 11.3 | 17.1 | 18 | 29.0 | 28.9 | 1 | 1.6 | 9.6 |
Clopidogrel | 1 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 2 | 3.2 | 1.0 | 2 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 1 | 1.6 | 5.2 | 5 | 8.1 | 12.1 | 19 | 30.6 | 59.4 | 9 | 14.5 | 35.1 | 9 | 14.5 | 20.8 |
Aspirin and clopidogrel | 1 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 1 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 2 | 3.2 | 4.9 | 6 | 9.7 | 9.1 | 8 | 12.9 | 15.9 | 5 | 8.1 | 2.0 | 5 | 8.1 | 5.9 | 5 | 8.1 | 4.5 |
Aspirin and warfarin | 1 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 3 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 2 | 3.2 | 2.3 | 15 | 24.2 | 11.2 | 4 | 6.5 | 5.4 | 1 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 4 | 6.5 | 2.2 | 1 | 1.6 | 0.7 |
No antithrombotic treatment | 9 | 14.5 | 1.3 | 2 | 3.2 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3.2 | 1.0 | 19 | 30.6 | 17.4 | 9 | 14.5 | 11.2 | 29 | 46.8 | 52.3 |
Missing | 2 | 3.2 | 2 | 3.2 | 3 | 4.8 | 3 | 4.8 | 5 | 8.1 | 2 | 3.2 | 2 | 3.2 | 2 | 3.2 |
Abbreviations: AUS, Australian; HK, Hong Kong.
Data source of Australian family physicians: Gattellari et al.10