Communicating Test Results from a General Health Check: Preferences from a Discrete Choice Experiment Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Health checks can detect risk factors and initiate prevention of cardiovascular diseases but there is no consensus on how to communicate the results. The aim of this study was to investigate the preferences of the general population for communicating health check results.

Methods

A randomly selected sample of the Swedish population aged 40-70 years completed a discrete choice experiment survey that included questions on sociodemographics, lifestyle and health and 15 choice questions consisting of six attributes (written results, notification method, consultation time, waiting time, lifestyle recommendation and cost). Data were analyzed with a latent class analysis (LCA). Relative importance of the attributes and predicted uptake for several scenarios were estimate

SUBMITTER: Grauman A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8357669 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature