Preferences for Treatments for Major Depressive Disorder: Formative Qualitative Research Using the Patient Experience.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The goals of this formative research are to elicit attributes of treatment and desired outcomes that are important to individuals with major depressive disorder (MDD), to develop a stated preference instrument, and to pre-test the instrument.

Methods

A three-phase survey study design elicited the patient's journey with MDD to design and pre-test the discrete choice experiment (DCE) instrument. Participants were 20 adults aged ≥ 18 with MDD who did not also have bipolar disorder or post-partum depression. We engaged patient advocates and a multi-disciplinary stakeholder advisory group to select and refine attributes for inclusion in a DCE instrument. The DCE was incorporated into a survey that also collected depression treatment and management and sociodemographic

SUBMITTER: dosReis S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9483243 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature