Exploring the feasibility of using discrete choice experiment (DCE) to elicit preferences among children and adolescents: protocol for a convergent parallel mixed methods study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Discrete choice experiments (DCEs) are increasingly used to elicit value sets for paediatric health-related quality of life instruments, including the EQ-5D-Y. In a multinational pilot study that compared EQ-5D-Y-5L health state preferences among children, adolescents and adults, more inconsistencies in DCE responses were observed among children and adolescents than adults. Possible explanations for inconsistencies could be youths' limited understanding of health state preferences or lack of engagement with the online survey. This protocol describes the methods of a study that explores the feasibility of eliciting health state preferences for the EQ-5D-Y-5L from Canadian children and adolescents using DCE.

Methods and analysis

A convergent parallel mixed methods

SUBMITTER: Humphries B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11979510 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature