Discrete choice experiments or best-worst scaling? A qualitative study to determine the suitability of preference elicitation tasks in research with children and young people.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Ordinal tasks are increasingly used to explore preferences for health states. This study aimed to determine the suitability of two ordinal preference elicitation tasks (discrete choice experiments (DCE) and best-worst scaling (BWS)) for use with children and young people to generate health state utility values. The study explored children's understanding, the relationship between their age and level of understanding, and how many tasks they felt they could complete.

Methods

Children aged 11-16 years were recruited from a secondary school in South Yorkshire, UK. Participants were asked to 'think aloud' as they completed a computer-based survey that contained both DCE and BWS tasks relating to dental caries (tooth decay) health states. Health states involved descrip

SUBMITTER: Rogers HJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7947050 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature