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Table 2 Aggregate results of analgesic treatment utilities over-time estimated using CBC

From: Measuring preferences for analgesic treatment for cancer pain: How do African-Americans and Whites perform on choice-based conjoint (CBC) analysis experiments?

  

At baseline (N = 241)

At 3-months (N = 201)

Treatment attributes*

Levels

‡Relative importance

†Preference weights

‡Relative importance

†Preference weights

% Pain relief with analgesics

 

32.53

 

32.11

 
 

< 50%

 

−90.3

 

−91.8

 

60−70%

 

−12.9

 

−13.8

 

80−90%

 

30.9

 

36.9

 

100%

 

72.3

 

68.7

Type of analgesic side-effects

 

23.28

 

19.71

 
 

Confusion

 

−37.8

 

−23.4

 

Drowsiness/Dizziness

 

23.8

 

12.0

 

Heartburn/Sour Stomach

 

13.7

 

9.2

 

Constipation

 

16.9

 

19.1

 

Nausea/Vomiting

 

−16.7

 

−16.9

Severity of side-effects

 

17.81

 

17.16

 
 

Mild

 

32.5

 

34.1

 

Moderate

 

24.1

 

17.6

 

Severe

 

−56.6

 

−51.7

Type of analgesic

 

14.85

 

15.86

 
 

Oxycontin or Morphine-like

 

19.5

 

19.2

 

Motrin or Aleve-like

 

−19.5

 

−19.2

Out-of-pocket cost

 

11.53

 

15.17

 
 

$10−$20

 

24.5

 

28.7

 

$30−$40

 

20.8

 

18.3

 

$50−$60

 

−0.16

 

6.5

 

$70−$90

 

−11.9

 

−6.4

 

$100 or more

 

−33.1

 

−47.1

  1. *The attributes were identified based on pilot work with African Americans and Whites with cancer pain. ‡Relative importance scores sum to 100 across all attributes; †Aggregate utilities associated with each level of the attribute; smaller or more negative preference weight indicates less preference for that level of an attribute.