Patient's preference for sacrospinous hysteropexy or modified Manchester operation: A discrete choice experiment.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate women's preference for modified Manchester (MM) or sacrospinous hysteropexy (SH) as surgery for uterine prolapse.

Design

Labelled discrete choice experiment (DCE).

Setting

Eight Dutch hospitals.

Population

Women with uterine prolapse, eligible for primary surgery and preference for uterus preservation.

Methods

DCEs are attribute-based surveys. The two treatment options were labelled as MM and SH. Attributes in this survey were treatment success ( levels SH: 84%, 89%, 94%; levels MM: 89%, 93%, 96%), dyspareunia (levels: 0%, 5%, 10%), cervical stenosis (levels: 1%, 6%, 11%) and severe buttock pain (levels: 0%, 1%). A different combination of attribute levels was used in each choice set. Women completed nine choice sets, making a ch

SUBMITTER: Schulten SFM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10087824 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature