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Table 2 Characteristics of participants in the DCE

From: Using a stated preference discrete choice experiment to assess societal value from the perspective of patients with rare diseases in Italy

 

Before exclusion criteria (n = 54)

After exclusion criteria (n = 46)

Age, mean (SD)

38.98 (10.27)

38.36 (9.24)

Household members, mean (SD)

2.72 (1.28)

2.65 (1.22)

Self-reported health status, %

 Good

66.67

71.74

 Average

7.41

4.35

 Poor

25.93

23.91

Patients answering block 1, n (%)

25 (46.29)

23 (50)

Patients answering block 2, n (%)

29 (53.7)

23 (50)

Interview durationa, mean (SD)

415.1 (301.45)

460.21 (304.42)

Task timea, mean (SD)

21.21 (50.48)

23.66 (54.3)

Were the questions easy to understand? (%)

 Agree

40.7

47.8

 Mildly agree

31.5

32.6

 Indifferent

11.1

10.9

 Mildly disagree

11.1

6.5

 Disagree

5.6

2.2

  1. aTime in seconds