Patient preferences for conservative treatment of shoulder pain: a discrete choice experiment.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Shoulder pain is common amongst adults, but little is known about patients' preferences.

Objective

The aim of this study was to determine patients' preferences for treatment options offered for shoulder pain in primary care.

Methods

A discrete choice experiment was used to investigate these preferences. Adults with shoulder pain were asked to make 12 choices between two treatment options, or to opt-out. The attributes of the 12 treatment options were presented as varying in: treatment effectiveness (50%, 70%, or 90%), risk of relapse (10%, 20%, or 30%), time to pain reduction (2 or 6 weeks), prevention of relapse (yes/no), requiring injection (yes/no), and including physiotherapy (none, 6, or 12 sessions). A conditional logit model with latent class analysi

SUBMITTER: Versloot AHC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11878378 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature