Obstetrical outcome valuations by patients, professionals, and laypersons: differences within and between groups using three valuation methods.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Decision-making can be based on treatment preferences of the patient, the doctor, or by guidelines based on lay people's preferences. We compared valuations assigned by three groups: patients, obstetrical care professionals, and laypersons, for health states involving both mother and (unborn) child. Our aim was to compare the valuations of different groups using different valuation methods and complex obstetric health outcome vignettes that involve both maternal and neonatal outcomes.

Methods

Patients (n = 24), professionals (n = 30), and laypersons (n = 27) valued the vignettes using three valuation methods: visual analogue scale (VAS), time trade-off (TTO), and discrete choice experimentation (DCE). Each vignette covered five health attributes: maternal health a

SUBMITTER: Bijlenga D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3226638 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature