Outcome Priorities for Older Persons With Sarcopenia.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To evaluate patients' preferences for sarcopenia outcomes.

Design

Discrete-choice experiment (DCE) SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: Community-dwelling individuals older than 65 years suffering from sarcopenia recruited in Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Switzerland, who visited the clinic and were cognitively able to understand and fill out the survey.

Methods

In the DCE survey, participants were repetitively asked to choose which one of the 2 patients suffering from sarcopenia deserves treatment the most. The 2 patients presented different levels of risk for 5 preselected sarcopenia outcomes: quality of life, mobility, domestic activities, fatigue, and falls. The DCE included 12 choice sets. Mixed logit panel model was used to estimate patients' prefe

SUBMITTER: Hiligsmann M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7021510 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature