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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Apr 27.
Published in final edited form as: Hepatology. 2008 Jan;47(1):169–176. doi: 10.1002/hep.21945

Table 2.

Perceived Influence of Treatment Characteristics among Patients and Physicians

Characteristic Relative Importances [mean (interquartile range)]
Patients Physicians p value
Shortness of breath or low blood pressure 23.7 (14.9–33.1) 22.2 (15.8–28.9) 0.44
Fatigue 18.4 (10.9–24.3) 14.8 (8.3–21.4) 0.03
Procedure related Bleeding 18.3 (12.5–23.0) 22.3 (15.0–30.8) 0.03
Route of Administration 15.0 (5.4–22.8) 12.5 (7.6–17.3) 0.17
Sexual problems 14.5 (5.3–19.9) 18.1 (12.3–23.6) 0.06
Pain/difficulty swallowing 10.1 (3.8–14.5) 10.1 (5.0–15.6) 0.99
Risk of perforation 8.6 (2.6–12.1) 16.2 (7.5–19.6) 0.0004