Over 30% people prefer shorter life than taking daily pills for heart diseases, reveals new study

A new study has found that over 30% people are afraid of taking pills daily to prevent heart diseases and rather opt for a shorter life.

The study conducted by American Heart Association analysed people with an average age of 50 and established that more than 8% of people were willing to trade almost two years of their life to avoid taking daily medication for cardiovascular disease, whereas 21% would trade between one week and a year of their lives.

In addition to people who were ready to keep their lives at stake, there were around 21% of people who said they would pay $1,000 or more to avoid taking a pill each day for the rest of their lives.

There were around 70% of participants who were not interested to trade any weeks of their lives to avoid taking a CVD pill daily, and 62% weren't willing to gamble any risk of immediate death.

Robert Hutchins, MD, MPH, lead author said that the act of having pills on daily basis can have a large effect on an individual's quality of life, and even a small reductions in quality of life like those found in this study, can have very large effects on the cost-effectiveness of that drug for a population.

The study is published in Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes journal of American Heart Association.