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Health profile preferences of hepatitis C patients
J R Treadwell1, D Kearney, M Davila
1Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics, Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, California 94304, USA.
Abstract:
The side effects of interferon-alpha for chronic hepatitis C are well-known. Patients may differ with respect to their tolerance of these side effects and also with respect to their individual preferences. We administered a brief questionnaire to 67 outpatients with hepatitis C virus infection. Patients were asked to make hypothetical choices between six-month profiles of health. The results were as follows: (1) patients preferred to expedite rather than postpone intervals of poor health; (2) preferences of patients with low quality-of-life were quite similar to preferences of healthier patients; (3) patients' choices satisfied transitivity; (4) patients' choices satisfied preferential independence; and (5) patients gave a variety of reasons for their choices. These results corroborate other investigations of health preferences, and serve to introduce the field of preference elicitation to gastroenterologists.
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