Preferences for preventive treatments for rheumatoid arthritis: discrete choice survey in the UK, Germany and Romania.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To quantify preferences for preventive therapies for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) across three countries.

Methods

A web-based survey including a discrete choice experiment was administered to adults recruited via survey panels in the UK, Germany and Romania. Participants were asked to assume they were experiencing arthralgia and had a 60% chance of developing RA in the next 2 years and completed 15 choices between no treatment and two hypothetical preventive treatments. Treatments were defined by six attributes (effectiveness, risks and frequency/route of administration) with varying levels. Participants also completed a choice task with fixed profiles reflecting subjective estimates of candidate preventive treatments. Latent class models (LCMs) were conducted and the

SUBMITTER: Simons G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9891433 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature