Valuing the Dental Caries Utility Index in Australia.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The Dental Caries Utility Index (DCUI) is a new oral health-specific health state classification system for adolescents, consisting of 5 domains: pain/discomfort, difficulty eating food/drinking, worried, ability to participate in activities, and appearance. Each domain has 4 response levels. This study aims to generate an Australian-specific utility algorithm for the DCUI.

Methods

An online survey was conducted using a representative sample of the adult Australian general population. The discrete choice experiment (DCE) was used to elicit the preferences on 5 domains. Then, the latent utilities were anchored onto the full health-dead scale using the visual analogue scale (VAS). DCE data were modeled using conditional logit, and 2 anchoring procedures were consi

SUBMITTER: Hettiarachchi RM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10625724 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct-Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature