Identifying barriers to lipoprotein(a) testing in secondary cardiovascular prevention and co-designing implementation strategies: an Italian behavior change wheel-informed study
Marcello Arca, Rossella Marcucci, Aldo Pietro Maggioni, Claudio Bilato, Eugenio Stabile, Francesco Cipollone, Davide Capodanno, Giovanna Liuzzo, Ferdinando Varbella, Federico Guerra, Stefano Carugo, Diletta Valsecchi, Monica Cangini, Alessio Maria Ghiringhelli, Simone Parretti, Francesca Donnaloja, · 2026
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Marcello Arca leads a large Italian team in 2026 in asking why so few at-risk patients get tested for lipoprotein(a), a fatty particle that raises heart disease risk on its own. Guidelines urge screening, since high levels mark higher risk, yet testing stays rare in everyday prevention after a first event.
Using the Behavior Change Wheel, a framework for designing behavior shifts, the team interviewed and surveyed the people involved to name the real barriers. They then co-designed practical fixes with those same stakeholders. The study targets the gap between what guidelines say and what clinics actually do.
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| CREATOR | Marcello Arca, Rossella Marcucci, Aldo Pietro Maggioni, Claudio Bilato, Eugenio Stabile, Francesco Cipollone, Davide Capodanno, Giovanna Liuzzo, Ferdinando Varbella, Federico Guerra, Stefano Carugo, Diletta Valsecchi, Monica Cangini, Alessio Maria Ghiringhelli, Simone Parretti, Francesca Donnaloja, |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 33 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |