Introduction The integrated patient-centered, evidence-based approach to care recognizes the role of patient preferences. A discrete choice experiment (DCE) was developed with aim identifying preferences men prostate cancer in Italy regarding different risk-benefit factors various treatment options. Methods DCE support patients and oncologists based on a targeted scoping review. final included ...

Background Psoriasis affects different aspects of health-related quality of life (eg, physical, psychological, and social impairments); these health domains can be of different importance for patients. The importance of domains can be measured with the Patient Benefit Index (PBI). This questionnaire weights the achievement of treatment goals by Likert scales (0, "not important at all" to 4, "ve...

OBJECTIVE To identify key stakeholder preferences and priorities when considering a national healthcare-associated infection (HAI) surveillance programme through the use of a discrete choice experiment (DCE). SETTING Australia does not have a national HAI surveillance programme. An online web-based DCE was developed and made available to participants in Australia. PARTICIPANTS A sample of 1...

INTRODUCTION Medical decision-making in oncology is a complicated process and to date there are few studies examining how patients with cancer make choices with respect to different features of their care. It is also unknown whether patient choices vary by geographical location and how location could account for observed rural and metropolitan cancer differences. This paper describes an ongoing...

BACKGROUND Biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (bDMARDs) used in second-line treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are administered parenterally. However, so-called targeted synthetic DMARDs (tsDMARDs) - developed more recently - offer alternative (ie, oral) administration forms in second-line treatment. Since bDMARDs and tsDMARDs can be regarded as equal in terms of efficacy, the...

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OBJECTIVES Discrete choice experiments (DCEs) are routinely used to elicit patient preferences to improve health outcomes and healthcare services. While many fractional factorial designs can be created, some are more statistically optimal than others. The objective of this simulation study was to investigate how varying the number of (1) attributes, (2) levels within attributes, (3) alternative...

To compare discrete choice experiment (DCE) and best-worst scaling (BWS) in eliciting lung cancer treatment preference measurement. A face-to-face survey was conducted among patients recruited using a quota sampling 2 tertiary hospitals China. Participants completed sociodemographic information, 13 DCE BWS tasks random order, the questions about difficulty of tasks. Each profile comprised six a...

Background An important question in the valuation of children’s health is whether preferences younger individuals should be captured within value sets for measures that are aimed at them. This depends on can complete exercises and their differ from those adults. study compared adults adolescents EQ-5D-Y-3L states using latent scale values elicited a discrete choice experiment (DCE). Methods onl...