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Table 3 Aggregate utilities of analgesic treatment for cancer pain "by race" over-time

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)

Attributes & levels†

Whites (N = 139)

African-Americans (N = 102)

p-values

Whites (N = 114)

African-Americans (N = 87)

p-values

% Pain relief with analgesics

36.71

26.83

<0.001

35.65

27.45

.006

< 50%

−102.5

−73.8

.000

−101.7

−78.8

.006

60-70%

−15.7

−9.12

.002

−15.2

−11.9

.337

80-90%

37.1

22.6

.000

40.4

32.3

.062

100%

81.1

60.3

.000

76.5

58.5

.007

Type of analgesic side-effects

19.29

28.72

<0.001

16.96

23.30

.009

Confusion

−32.1

−45.5

.081

−11.7

−38.8

.000

Drowsiness/dizziness

21.0

27.6

.145

12.8

11.1

.717

Heartburn/sour stomach

13.3

14.4

.865

7.8

11.0

.518

Constipation

18.9

14.2

.448

13.5

26.5

.047

Nausea/vomiting

−21.1

−10.7

.056

−22.4

−9.8

.048

Severity of side-effects

18.55

16.81

.225

19.03

14.71

.027

Mild

33.0

31.8

.636

38.2

28.7

.022

Moderate

26.7

20.6

.010

18.7

16.1

.212

Severe

−59.7

−52.3

.112

−56.9

−44.8

.034

Type of analgesic

13.52

16.66

.176

14.83

17.19

.413

Oxycontin or morphine-like pain medicine

19.9

19.0

.904

23.4

13.8

.272

Motrin or aleve-like pain medicine

−19.9

−19.0

.904

−23.4

−13.8

.272

Out of pocket cost

11.93

10.98

.355

13.51

17.33

.017

$10-$20

25.0

23.8

.608

24.7

33.9

.003

$30-$40

22.0

19.1

.122

16.1

21.2

.019

$50-$60

-.11

-.23

.889

7.9

4.6

.023

$70-$90

−12.3

−11.5

.598

−5.9

−7.1

.466

$100 or more

−34.6

−31.1

.232

−42.8

−52.7

.037

  1. †Aggregate utilities associated with each level of the attribute; smaller or more negative preference weight indicates less preference for that level of an attribute.
  2. ‡Relative importance scores sum to 100 across all attributes. P-values are based on 2-tailed two sample t-test.