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Misinterpretation with norm-based scoring of health status in adults with type 1 diabetes

open access: yesHealth and Quality of Life Outcomes, 2006
Background Interpretations of profile and preference based measure scores can differ. Profile measures often use a norm-based scoring algorithm where each scale is scored to have a standardized mean and standard deviation, relative to the general ...
Carroll Linda J   +3 more
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Analysis of the Impacts of Health Cost and Risk Preference on Farmers’ Protective Behavior of Pesticide Application Based on the Autoregressive Threshold Model: A Case Study of Wuhu City in China

open access: yesJournal of Function Spaces, 2022
This paper is aimed at investigating the impacts of health cost and risk preference on farmers’ protective behavior of pesticide in a case study of Wuhu city in China. Based on the field survey data from 523 farmers in the main grain-producing areas, the
Shukai Cai   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mapping EORTC QLQ-C30 and FACT-G onto EQ-5D-5L index for patients with cancer

open access: yesHealth and Quality of Life Outcomes, 2020
Background To develop direct and indirect (response) mapping algorithms from the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire Core 30 (EORTC QLQ-C30) and the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy General ...
Yasuhiro Hagiwara   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prosthesis preferences for those with upper limb loss: Discrete choice study of PULLTY® for use in regulatory decisions

open access: yesJournal of Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies Engineering, 2023
Introduction The patient’s voice in shared decision-making has progressed from physician’s office to regulatory decision-making for medical devices with FDA’s Patient Preference Initiative.
Leslie Wilson   +5 more
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Measuring practice preference variation for quality improvement: development of the Neonatology Survey of Interdisciplinary Groups in Healthcare Tool (NSIGHT)

open access: yesBMJ Open Quality, 2023
Background Understanding behavioural psychology and the human side of change are guiding principles for quality improvement (QI). Tools to measure these to guide improvement efforts are lacking.Methods We created a clinical vignette-based survey to ...
Helen Healy   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

How we choose one over another: predicting trial-by-trial preference decision. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2012
Preference formation is a complex problem as it is subjective, involves emotion, is led by implicit processes, and changes depending on the context even within the same individual.
Vidya Bhushan   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ambiguity Measures for Preference-Based Decision Viewpoints

open access: yes, 2019
This paper examines the ambiguity of subjective judgments, which are represented by a system of pairwise preferences over a given set of alternatives. Such preferences are valued with respect to a set of reasons, in favor and against the alternatives, establishing a complete judgment, or viewpoint, on how to solve the decision problem.
Camilo A. Franco   +4 more
openaire   +3 more sources

A Comprehensive Algorithm for Evaluating Node Influences in Social Networks Based on Preference Analysis and Random Walk

open access: yesComplexity, 2018
In the era of big data, social network has become an important reflection of human communications and interactions on the Internet. Identifying the influential spreaders in networks plays a crucial role in various areas, such as disease outbreak, virus ...
Chengying Mao, Weisong Xiao
doaj   +1 more source

Development of the SF-6Dv2 health utility survey: comprehensibility and patient preference

open access: yesJournal of Patient-Reported Outcomes, 2022
Background The SF-6Dv2 classification system assesses health states in six domains—physical functioning, role function, bodily pain, vitality, social functioning, and mental health. Scores have previously been derived from the SF-36v2® Health Survey.
Lynne Broderick   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

What Tinnitus Therapy Outcome Measures Are Important for Patients?– A Discrete Choice Experiment

open access: yesFrontiers in Neurology, 2021
Introduction: The therapeutic rationale varies among tinnitus therapies. A recent study identified which outcome measures should be used for different types of interventions.
Maaike M. Rademaker   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

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