了解澳大利亚艾滋病毒感染者治疗偏好:一项谨慎选择实验
Simon Fifer1, Thames Kularatne1, Marcus Tan2
1Community and Patient Preference Research Pty Ltd, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Patient preference and adherence
|August 1, 2023
概括
艾滋病毒感染者 (PLWH) 的治疗偏好各不相同. 成本是最重要的因素,如果成本效益合理,长效注射剂 (LAI) 将占三分之一.
科学领域:
- 卫生经济学 卫生经济学
- 患者报告的结果
- 艾滋病毒/艾滋病研究研究
背景情况:
- 了解患者的偏好对于优化治疗坚持和人类免疫缺陷病毒 (HIV) 管理的结果至关重要.
- 长效注射 (LAI) 抗逆转录病毒疗法 (ART) 是每日口服药物的替代品,但患者的接受和偏好需要调查.
研究的目的:
- 确定影响艾滋病毒感染者治疗选择的关键属性 (PLWH).
- 评估PLWH如何在口服ART和LAI治疗之间权衡风险和益处.
- 根据治疗偏好,识别不同的患者群体.
主要方法:
- 与11个PLWH进行了定性深度访谈,以确定决策属性.
- 一项涉及99名PLWH的离散选择实验 (DCE),将口服ART与假设的LAI治疗进行比较.
- 隐性类型建模 (LCM) 来分析DCE数据并识别偏好异质性.
主要成果:
- 在PLWH中观察到治疗偏好的显著异质性.
- 两个不同的患者群体出现了:一个更喜欢口服ART,另一个更喜欢LAI,特别是如果在GP诊所中进行.
- 自理成本是影响治疗选择的最重要属性.
- 大约三分之一的PLWH表示愿意转向LAI治疗.
结论:
- 在PLWH中治疗偏好不均,并受到各种因素的影响.
- 出口成本是PLWH治疗选择的主要驱动因素.
- 建议共享决策,以使治疗计划与个体患者的目标和偏好保持一致.
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