Investigating preferences for support with life after stroke: a discrete choice experiment.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is little evidence of service user preferences to guide the commissioning and improvement of services that support life after stroke. We report the first investigation of patients' and family carers' preferences for community services after stroke using a discrete choice experiment (DCE).

Methods

Two workshops with patients and family carers (n = 8) explored stroke experiences, identifying attributes important in shaping views about service design, and piloted data collection strategies. Attributes were group versus individual support; service provider; additional support for social and leisure activities; and the total time required to access services. Patients and family carers were recruited six months post stroke-onset (mean 331 days) from four stroke se

SUBMITTER: Burton CR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3929758 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature