Adolescent valuation of CARIES-QC-U: a child-centred preference-based measure of dental caries.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study develops an adolescent value set for a child-centred dental caries-specific measure of oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) based upon CARIES-QC (Caries Impacts and Experiences Questionnaire for Children). This study develops a new approach to valuing child health by eliciting adolescent preferences and anchoring these onto the 1-0 full health-dead QALY (quality adjusted life year) scale using ordinal adult preferences.

Methods

Two online surveys were created to elicit preferences for the CARIES-QC classification system. The first comprised best-worst scaling (BWS) tasks for completion by adolescents aged 11-16 years. The second comprised discrete choice experiment tasks with a duration attribute (DCE_TTO) for completion by adults aged

SUBMITTER: Rogers HJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8812216 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature