ArticleBMJ open2021
Identifying women's preferences for treatment of urinary tract infection: a discrete choice experiment.
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- The Evolving Landscape of Discrete Choice Experiments in Health Economics: A Systematic Review.PharmacoEconomics · 2025Pooled it
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- An Overview of Data Collection in Health Preference Research.The patient · 2025Review
- Living With and Managing Uncomplicated Urinary Tract Infection: Mixed Methods Analysis of Patient Insights From Social Media.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- Contextual Factors that Influence Antibiotic Prescribing: A Discrete Choice Experiment of GP Registrars.Applied health economics and health policy · 2025Article
- Qualitative study on shared decision making in cystitis management in general practice.BJGP open · 2024Article
- Young Women's Attitudes and Behaviors in Treatment and Prevention of UTIs: Are Biomedical Students at an Advantage?Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Patients' Experiences, Expectations, Motivations, and Perspectives around Urinary Tract Infection Care in General Practice: A Qualitative Interview Study.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Shared decision making for women with uncomplicated Cystitis in Primary Care in the Netherlands: a qualitative interview study.BMC primary care · 2022Article
- Digital Marketing: A Unique Multidisciplinary Approach towards the Elimination of Viral Hepatitis.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
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Abstract
objectiveTo identify the preferences of women regarding management of urinary tract infections (UTIs).
designA discrete choice experiment of the preferences for certain treatment attributes was conducted by survey. Attributes included treatment duration, time to complaint resolution, complication risk, side effect risk and contribution to antimicrobial resistance.
settingGeneral population in the Netherlands, recruited via social media.
participantsWomen aged 18 years or older. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OUTCOME MEASURES: The primary outcome was the relative importance of the attributes for treatment choice, using a conditional logit model. The secondary outcome was the heterogeneity in these preferences.
resultsThe discrete choice experiment was completed by 833 women. Most attributes were important to decisions for UTI treatment. Women were willing to accept management with, for example, a higher chance of complications or longer time to resolution, if it could help avoid antimicrobial resistance. However, there was heterogeneity in the preferences. Women who had one previous UTI had a stronger preference for faster symptom resolution compared with those who had no previous UTI. Younger women also preferred faster symptom resolution. Finally, women with a low or middle education level gave less importance to preventing antimicrobial resistance than women with a high education level.
conclusionsThe current study indicated that a considerable part of women valued alternatives to antimicrobial treatment and were prepared to tolerate management that was less optimal in certain respects to avoid antimicrobial treatment.
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