Patient Preferences for Endobronchial Valve Treatment of Severe Emphysema.

ABSTRACT: Background: Patients with severe emphysema have limited treatment options. Little is known about patients' willingness to accept risks for new treatments that offer meaningful benefits. Methods: We determined treatment preferences of patients with severe emphysema using a web-based discrete-choice experiment survey. Respondents answered 9 questions that offered choices between 2 hypothetical interventional treatments or continuing current medical management. Variations in 5 attributes defined the 2 interventional treatments: improvement in ability to breathe and carry out day-to-day activities, frequency of hospitalized exacerbations, treatment type, risk of pneumothorax within 30 days of procedure, and risk of death within 3 months. Respondents were recruited through the COP

SUBMITTER: Mansfield C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6373586 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature