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Aberdeen Centre for Women's Health Research (ACWHR) Seminar with Dr Dwayne Boyers - 'Patient preferences for stress urinary incontinence treatments: a discrete choice experiment'
Dwayne is a senior research fellow within the Assessment of Technologies theme at HERU. Dwayne joined the unit as a research assistant in October 2009 after completing a MSc in economic policy evaluation and planning (National University of Ireland, Galway) and completed a part-time PhD in 2017. Dwayne has developed expertise in trial based and decision modelling economic evaluation studies and leads the cost-effectiveness components of multiple technology assessment reviews for NICE and other bodies. Dwayne has developed specific interests in the economic evaluation of dental care services and interventions and leads cost-effectiveness evaluations across several NIHR funded dental trials.
Short abstract: The paper presents the results of a discrete choice experiment survey to elicit women’s preferences for stress urinary incontinence treatments, conducted as part of the SIMS study. We show that patients place considerable value on improvement in stress urinary incontinence symptoms and avoidance of treatment complications. We demonstrate important trade-offs that need to be considered between the benefits and risks of treatment to inform shared decision making. We provide willingness to pay values and show how these can used in economic evaluations of SUI treatments to ensure that decisions on cost-effectiveness take a patient-centred approach.
- Venue
- Professor Abdel-Fattah's Office 2nd Floor Aberdeen Maternity Hosp
- Contact
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Please contact acwhr@abdn.ac.uk for more information.