Patient and societal value functions for the testing morbidities index.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We developed preference-based and summated scale scoring for the Testing Morbidities Index (TMI) classification, which addresses short-term effects on quality of life from diagnostic testing before, during, and after testing procedures.

Methods

The two TMI preference functions use multiattribute value techniques; one is patient-based and the other has a societal perspective, informed by 206 breast biopsy patients and 466 (societal) subjects. Because of a lack of standard short-term methods for this application, we used the visual analog scale (VAS). Waiting tradeoff (WTO) tolls provided an additional option for linear transformation of the TMI. We randomized participants to 1 of 3 surveys: The first derived weights for generic testing morbidity attributes and leve

SUBMITTER: Swan JS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3817009 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature