PATIENT PREFERENCES FOR INTERFERON-BETA IN IRAN- A DISCRETE CHOICE EXPERIMENT
Author(s)
Rahimi F1, Rasekh HR2, Peiravian F2
1Shahid Beheshti University of Medicine Science, Tehran, Iran (Islamic Republic of), 2Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Tehran, Iran
OBJECTIVES: Multiple sclerosis is a chronic, progressive, and common disease affecting the central nervous system in young adults. Interferon-beta is one of the most widely used medicines to reduce the disease progression. Given the variety of drugs in this category, we aimed to identify the preferences of patients for IFN-β that play an important role in policymaking in this area. METHODS: Discrete choice experiment method was used in the present study to identify and prioritize those attributes that are of interest to MS patients and increases the utility of the use of IFN-β in their treatment. Questionnaires were given to 358 patients in Isfahan-Iran, who were asked to choose between the two treatment choices in each scenario. RESULTS: The results of the logit model showed that the changes in the efficacy leads to the most changes in the patient utility. Changes in side effects and ease of injection have been placed in the next rankings. CONCLUSIONS: Considering the drug attributes considered more desirable by patients can lead to greater medication adherence and possibly better treatment outcomes. Also, pharmaceutical companies, the health ministry, the Food and Drug Administration, insurance organizations, and neurologists can benefit from this information in production and importation, policymaking, and prescription.
Conference/Value in Health Info
2017-11, ISPOR Europe 2017, Glasgow, Scotland
Value in Health, Vol. 20, No. 9 (October 2017)
Code
PND49
Topic
Patient-Centered Research
Topic Subcategory
Stated Preference & Patient Satisfaction
Disease
Neurological Disorders