Open AccessPatients’ Preferences Regarding Osteoarthritis Medications: An Adaptive Choice-Based Conjoint Analysis Study
Author(s) -
Basem Al-Omari,
Peter McMeekin
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
patient preference and adherence
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.885
H-Index - 48
ISSN - 1177-889X
DOI - 10.2147/ppa.s283922
Subject(s) - medicine , conjoint analysis , osteoarthritis , addiction , alternative medicine , psychiatry , preference , pathology , economics , microeconomics
Osteoarthritis (OA) patients consider ranges of harms and benefits offered by alternative pharmaceutical treatments. Choice-based experiments provide a mechanism to value outcomes, but they can pose a significant burden on respondents. Thus, the number of attributes studied is typically artificially restricted. We used an adaptive choice-based conjoint (ACBC) method that allows the inclusion of more attributes affecting patients' preferences regarding non-invasive pharmaceutical treatment for OA than traditional choice-based technique to better understand the trade-offs that OA patients consider, without increasing respondents' burden.