Background: Schizophrenia is a common severe syndrome with a highly variable pattern of
symptoms. The medications used to treat this disorder are expensive and may cause severe …

Methods To study health values, we developed descriptions of two hypothetical patients:
one with well-controlled HIV infection and another with well-controlled HIV infection …

Objective.—While it is technically feasible to conduct migraine research on the Internet, can
one be sure that the subjects who participate actually have the disorder? We examined this …

OBJECTIVE: To describe a Web-based computer health assessment survey for patients
with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and to evaluate the survey in comparison with current paper …

iMPACT3 (Internet Multimedia Preference Assessment Instrument Construction Tool,
version 3) is a software development environment that helps researchers build Internet-capable …

This study examines the effects of use of an automated computer protocol to correct a common
error in utility elicitations—namely, scoring of a health state with a greater impairment as …

One technique to enhance patient participation in clinical decision making is formal
measurement of preferences and values. Three commonly applied methods are a visual analog …

In a rural district of Nepal, as part of a yearlong study of reasons for non-use of contraceptives,
group sessions were held with men who had undergone vasectomy1. Handdrawn …

One of the most difficult tasks in cost-effectiveness analysis is the measurement of quality
weights (utilities) for health states. The task is difficult because subjects often lack familiarity …

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV)-2 has resulted in the death of more than 328,000 persons …