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- Article] An Internet-based utility assessment of breast hypertrophy
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DocNo of ILP: 6466
Doc. Type: Article
Title: An Internet-based utility assessment of breast hypertrophy
Authors: Chang, WT; Collins, ED; Kerrigan, CL
Full Name of Authors: Chang, WT; Collins, ED; Kerrigan, CL
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Keywords Plus: HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY; COST-EFFECTIVENESS; OF-LIFE; PREFERENCES; INTERVIEW; VALIDITY; EUROQOL
Abstract: The Internet has changed the way people shop, do business, and communicate with one another. Even those who try to avoid computers are bombarded with Web advertisements on television and in newspapers and magi azines. The Internet also has excellent, but still largely under-used, potential for conducting research studies. A Web-based questionnaire essentially combines the power and graphic flexibility of a computer with the freedom of a mail survey. The specific goals of this study were (1) to develop a Web-based utility assessment tool and (2) to use this tool to measure the health burden of breast hypertrophy by using the Internet to sample a population. An open-enrollment, Internet-based survey was developed to assess societal preferences for mild and severe hypertrophy using three established assessment breast hypertrophy using three established assessment techniques: visual analogue scale, time trade-off, and standard gamble. Subjects were recruited from a Web-based clinical trial listing service. Demographics, subjects' utility for their current health, and responses to a comorbidity index were also recorded. Data were recorded from August 1, 1999, to January 31, 2000. There were 480 unique responses, and 356 (74 percent) met the inclusion criteria. The respondents were predominantly female (81 percent), Caucasian (83 percent), and in the middle income brackets. Their mean age was 32.9. The average score for capacity of understanding was 4.99 out of 5 (5 = excellent). The median utility score for severe breast hypertrophy (visual analogue scale, 0.70; time trade-off, 0.85; standard gamble, 0.88) differed significantly from the median utility score for mild breast hypertrophy (visual analogue sc ie, 0.93; time trade-off, 1.0; standard gamble, 0.98) for each method. The results showed that the construction of a Web-based questionnaire for utility assessment is feasible and can be used to capture the utility of health states. The authors were able to enroll a large number of subjects with excellent capacity to understand the study, resulting in a high rate of usable responses. The applicability of these data to cost-effectiveness studies is limited by the extent to which the sampled population of this study is representative of society in general. The demographics of this study sample also differed from those of the Internet population. The study was piloted by measuring the values for breast hypertrophy, but the procedure could be used to assess the burden on quality of life of any disease and, potentially, the efficacy of surgical interventions. The study method is recommended as an accurate and cost-effective alternative for measuring quality of life.
Cate of OECD: Clinical medicine
Year of Publication: 2001
Business Area: gamble
Detail Business: gamble
Country: USA
Study Area:
Name of Journal: PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY
Language: English
Country of Authors: Dartmouth Hitchcock Med Ctr, Plast & Reconstruct Surg Sect, Lebanon, NH 03756 USA; Dartmouth Hitchcock Med Ctr, Dept Surg, Lebanon, NH 03756 USA
Press Adress: Collins, ED (reprint author), Dartmouth Hitchcock Med Ctr, Plast & Reconstruct Surg Sect, 1 Med Ctr Dr, Lebanon, NH 03756 USA.
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Number of Citaion: 24
Publication: LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
City of Publication: PHILADELPHIA
Address of Publication: 530 WALNUT ST, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19106-3621 USA
ISSN: 0032-1052
29-Character Source Abbreviation: PLAST RECONSTR SURG
ISO Source Abbreviation: Plast. Reconstr. Surg.
Volume: 108
Version: 2
Start of File: 370
End of File: 377
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-200108000-00014
Number of Pages: 8
Web of Science Category: Surgery
Subject Category: Surgery
Document Delivery Number: 456RW
Unique Article Identifier: WOS:000170096900014
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