Using Adaptive Choice‐Based Conjoint Approach to Facilitate Shared Decision‐Making in Osteoarthritis Management: A Patient Perception Study
Authors' conclusion
An ACBC approach can facilitate doctors' understanding of patient preferences and aid the SDM process. Most patients with OA are independent or influenced by their physician when making decisions about OA medication. Higher education and employment among patients with OA are associated with a better involvement in the SDM process for available treatment.
Study context
- Population
- Adult patients with osteoarthritis (OA) attending rheumatology/orthopedics clinics in a local urban hospital in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE)response rate 100%
- Participants
- 500 patients
- Outcome
- Contribution of the ACBC method to the SDM process for OA treatment
Methodological detailsquestionnaire-based, single urban hospital
- Questionnaire-based
- Single urban hospital
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Adaptive choice-based conjoint (ACBC) predicted their preferences for OA treatment
96.8%
Questionnaire may help doctors understand patient preferences
93%
Recommended use of the ACBC tool in doctors' clinics to aid shared decision-making (SDM)
92.8%
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Secondary outcomes
Association of patients' opinions and online or paper information influencing OA medication choice with demographics
- Age
- P = 0.001
- Gender
- P = 0.039
- Education
- P = 0.002
- Employment
- P = 0.001
Strength of association (Cramér's V)
φc
- Employment status with being independent in deciding on OA medications
- 0.170
- Education level with decisions impacted by online or paper information
- 0.24
Multivariable logistic regression: online or paper information influencing OA medication choice
- Education level (only statistically significant variable)
- P = 0.003
Original publication
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