Preferences for Telephone Cancer Information and Support in People with Cancer and Carers: Attribute and Level Selection for a Discrete Choice Experiment.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objective

Telephone cancer information and support services (CISS) deliver essential evidence-based resources for people living with cancer. This research aimed to describe how attributes and levels were developed for a future discrete choice experiment to elicit preferences for operational characteristics of a CISS, focusing on Cancer Council Victoria's service.

Methods

Using a mixed-methods approach guided by the ISPOR checklist for conjoint analysis in healthcare, initial attributes were developed using an artificial intelligence framework to analyse CISS calls (January 2018-December 2021), focus groups with people with cancer and carers using the CISS (July-August 2022), and a systematic literature review of qualitative studies. A four-stage descriptive pr

SUBMITTER: Livingstone A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12559155 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature