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DTSTAMP:20130708T132939Z
DTSTART:20130806T130000Z
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SUMMARY:Using qualitative research methods in discrete choice experiments
 : a systematic review
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DESCRIPTION:'''Host:''' Centre for Primary Care\, Institute of Population
  Health\n\n'''Speaker:''' Caroline Vass (Centre for Health Economics\, U
 niversity of Manchester)\n\n'''About the event:''' \n\nAbstract:\nObject
 ive: This study aimed to identify all published health studies that have
  reported the use of qualitative methods to inform the design and/or the
  interpretation of discrete choice experiments (DCEs). \n\nMethods: \nDC
 Es were identified from a published systematic review and an updated sys
 tematic search of the Medline database. Studies were classified dependin
 g on the quantity of qualitative research reported\, and those with ‘ext
 ensive’ qualitative aspects were critically appraised using a newly deve
 loped structured tool. \n\nResults: \nA total of 277 articles (254 studi
 es) were identified and included in the review. Of the 254 studies: 111 
 (44%) did not report the use of  any qualitative methods\; 114 (45%) rep
 orted minimal data on the use of qualitative methods\; 29 (11%) reported
 \, or cited\, the extensive use of qualitative methods. A variety of app
 lications of qualitative research were identified\, including the select
 ion of attributes and/or levels (n=95\, 66%)\, piloting the DCE (n=26\, 
 18%) and understanding respondents’ decision making processes (n=4\, 3%)
 . Popular qualitative research methods included focus groups (n=64\, 45%
 ) and interviews (n=108\, 76%)\, with semi-structured interviews (n=25\,
  17%)\, structured interviews (n=5\, 3%)\, cognitive debriefing techniqu
 es (n=12\, 8%) being the most common approaches.  \n	\nConclusions:\nGui
 delines for the conduct of DCEs\, such as Lancsar and Louviere (2008)\, 
 recommend the use of qualitative research methods to inform attribute an
 d level selection and assessment of  respondents’ comprehension of the c
 hoice tasks. This study indicates the implementation of these recommenda
 tions is not consistently reported by authors. A key limitation of this 
 systematic review is that it cannot ascertain whether the absent or mini
 mal reporting of qualitative research reflects absent or minimal qualita
 tive research in practice\, or rather that the reporting of this work is
  poorly captured within the published papers.\n\nAll welcome. No booking
  necessary\n\n\n\n
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TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
CLASS:PUBLIC
LOCATION:Seminar Room 1\, 5th Floor\, Williamson Building\, Manchester
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