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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2014 Aug 4;120(23):3651–3659. doi: 10.1002/cncr.28940

Table 3. Ratings and rankings for DCE attributes.

Attribute Ratings* Rankings**
Mean (SD) Mode Percent rated as “Deeply concerned” Mean (SD) Mode Percent with #1 ranking
Treatment modality 2.5 (1.2) 2 8.4% 4.6 (1.9) 7 3.2%
Treatment schedule 2.2 (1.2) 1 2.1% 5.1 (1.9) 7 4.2%
Abdominal symptoms 2.9 (1.2) 3 11.6% 4.1 (1.7) 3 4.2%
Peripheral neuropathy 2.8 (1.2) 2 7.4% 4.3 (1.7) 4 2.1%
Fatigue 2.6 (1.0) 3 4.2% 3.9 (1.6) 3 4.2%
Nausea and vomiting 2.5 (1.2) 3 3.2% 4.2 (1.8) 4 6.3%
Progression-free survival 4.0 (1.3)*** 5 50.5% 1.9 (1.8)*** 1 75.8%
*

Ratings correspond to 1=‘Not concerned’ 2=“A little bit concerned” 3=“Moderately concerned” 4=“Very concerned” 5=“Deeply concerned”.

**

Rankings correspond to 1=most important to 7=least important.

***

p<0.0001 representing comparisons between PFS and each other attribute.