Preferences of people with diabetes for diabetic retinopathy screening: a discrete choice experiment

Yeo, S. T., Edwards, R. T., Fargher, E. A., Luzio, Stephen Denis, Thomas, Rebecca Louise ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2970-6352 and Owens, David Raymond 2012. Preferences of people with diabetes for diabetic retinopathy screening: a discrete choice experiment. Diabetic Medicine 29 (7) , pp. 869-877. 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2012.03636.x

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Abstract

Aims The ever-increasing prevalence of diabetes places pressure on the provision of diabetic retinopathy screening services. As the first study of its kind, we aimed to determine preferences for diabetic retinopathy screening in people with diabetes and to examine the trade-offs between frequency of screening and other service attributes. Methods A questionnaire including a discrete choice experiment was administered to people (n = 198) attending diabetic retinopathy screening at eight clinics across Wales, United Kingdom. The discrete choice experiment contained eight pairwise choices in which screening provision was described by five attributes: frequency of screening; travel time; results time; ability of screening to detect other changes; and explanation of results. Data were analysed using logistic regression techniques. Results We gained a response rate of 86.4% from the 198 questionnaires administered at clinics; 160 complete responses were analysed. Respondents valued four out of the five attributes [ability of screening to detect other changes (P = 0.000), explanation of results (P = 0.024), frequency of screening (P = 0.000) and travel time (P = 0.007)]. Results time was insignificant (P = 0.122). Respondents were willing to wait an additional 12, 2 and 1 month between screening tests to have a test that was able to detect additional changes, to have their results explained in person rather than by letter and to have a 15-min reduction in travel time, respectively. Conclusions Respondents were willing to accept a longer screening interval, as long as preferences for other attributes of service provision (ability of screening to detect other changes, explanation of results and travel time) were made available.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine
Subjects:	R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	diabetes, diabetic retinopathy, discrete choice experiment, screening interval, stated preference
Publisher:	Wiley
ISSN:	0742-3071
Last Modified:	09 Nov 2022 08:10
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/42159

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