Journal article
Symptoms and feelings valued by patients after a percutaneous coronary intervention: A discrete-choice experiment to inform development of a new patient-reported outcome
AL Barker, G Peeters, RT Morello, R Norman, D Ayton, J Lefkovits, A Brennan, SM Evans, J Zalcberg, C Reid, S Ahern, SE Soh, J Stoelwinder, JJ McNeil
BMJ Open | BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP | Published : 2018
Abstract
Objective To inform the development of a patient-reported outcome measure, the aim of this study was to identify which symptoms and feelings following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) are most important to patients. Design Discrete-choice experiment consisting of two hypothetical scenarios of 10 symptoms and feelings (pain or discomfort; shortness of breath; concern/worry about heart problems; tiredness; confidence to do usual activities; ability to do usual activities; happiness; sleep disturbance; dizziness or light-headedness and bruising) experienced after PCI, described by three levels (never, some of the time, most of the time). Preference weights were estimated using a conditi..
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Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Acknowledgements
The project was supported by a Medibank Better Health Foundation grant (application number: 2014-044, Melbourne, Australia). The funding source assisted with recruitment of participants via mail. ALB was supported by a NHMRC Career Development Fellowship (1067236). CMR was supported by a NHMRC Research Fellowship (1136372).