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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Apr 3.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA Intern Med. 2013 Mar 11;173(5):362–368. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.2651

Table 3.

proportion of respondents designating specific attributes as most important (single question) by values clarification task

Attribute Balance sheet (n=302) Rating and Ranking (n=307) DCE (n=302)
Chance of being diagnosed with prostate cancer 35.8% 22.5% 31.3%
Chance of dying from prostate cancer 35.1% 54.4% 32.5%
Chance of requiring a biopsy as a result of screening 10.9% 8.8% 13.9%
Chance of developing impotence or incontinence as a result of screening 18.2% 14.3% 22.5%

Pearson chi2 (6) = 39.9882 p < 0.0001