Assessment of Preference for Hormonal Treatment–Related Health States among Patients with Breast Cancer

Objectives: 1) To obtain preference scores from patients with breast cancer in Singapore for different stages of breast cancer and hormonal therapy–related adverse effects, and 2) to determine the association of patients’ demographic and clinical characteristics with those preference scores. Methods: A total of 22 health states were used to elicit preference values from 64 patients with breast cancer. At each interview, 14 health states were randomly selected and rated by the patient using the visual analogue scale and standard gamble methods to derive health state preference scores, which were recalibrated to the scale of 0 (death) and 1 (perfect health). Results: Mean adjusted visual analogue scale scores ranged from 0.25 (no recurrence with ischemic cerebrovascular events) to 0.82 (no recurrence with no adverse effects). Mean adjusted standard gamble scores ranged from 0.31 (distant recurrence with chemotherapy-related adverse effects) to 0.80 (no recurrence with no see front matter Copyright & 2013, International S