Involving Patients in Weighting Benefits and Harms of Treatment in Parkinson's Disease.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Little is known about how patients weigh benefits and harms of available treatments for Parkinson's Disease (oral medication, deep brain stimulation, infusion therapy). In this study we have (1) elicited patient preferences for benefits, side effects and process characteristics of treatments and (2) measured patients' preferred and perceived involvement in decision-making about treatment.

Methods

Preferences were elicited using a best-worst scaling case 2 experiment. Attributes were selected based on 18 patient-interviews: treatment modality, tremor, slowness of movement, posture and balance problems, drowsiness, dizziness, and dyskinesia. Subsequently, a questionnaire was distributed in which patients were asked to indicate the most and least desirable attribut

SUBMITTER: Weernink MG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5004993 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature