Decision making in healthcare often involves decision alternatives that vary on different dimensions in conflicting ways, such as health benefits and costs. In such cases, it is not always easy to identify the best option, as a trade-off has to be made. In preference studies, patients evaluate...

Objective: Atrial fibrillation (AF) represents a significant burden on healthcare resources. This study aimed to (i) identify key determinants for treatment choices in AF; (ii) analyze impacts of AF treatment on patient satisfaction and compliance; and (iii) analyze impacts of AF treatment on...

Objectives:Objectives: Our objective was to evaluate the potential usefulness of the Kano conceptual model to assess expectations of patients and neurologists in Spain regarding symptomatic migraine treatment. Abstract: Methods:Methods: We performed a multicenter, cross-sectional study in adult...

Background: Shared decision making is the process in which a healthcare choice is made jointly by the health professional and the patient. Little is known about what patients view as effective or ineffective strategies to implement shared decision making in routine clinical practice. Objective:...

Background: Low-dose acetylsalicylic acid (ASA; 75-325 mg) is a mainstay of therapy for patients at high risk of cardiovascular (CV) events. However, in some patients, such treatment is associated with upper gastrointestinal (GI) adverse effects, e.g. dyspeptic symptoms, peptic ulceration, and...

Economic evaluation of health technologies in the form of cost-utility analysis is increasingly advocated. The most common outcome measure in this type of analysis is the QALY. In order to estimate QALYs, appropriate utility values are required. The objective of this review was to identify and...

This review investigates whether the development and implementation of treatment satisfaction instruments during a product's lifecycle are informed by their purpose. A basic literature review was performed between 2000 and 2010 using electronic databases (PubMed, PsycINFO, and EMBASE) and the...

Background: Annalisa (AL) is a web-based decision-support template grounded in multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA). It uses a simple expected value algorithm to calculate a score for each option by taking into account the individual's preferences for different criteria (as importance...

Background: In some women, uterine fibroids are associated with severe, disabling symptoms. There is a lack of high-quality evidence supporting the effectiveness of most interventions for symptomatic uterine fibroids. In part, this is due to the lack of available disease-specific instruments...