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Published in final edited form as: Eur Urol. 2018 Mar 26;74(3):261–280. doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2018.02.026

Table 1:

Purpose, Respondents, Explanation, Findings and Significance (PREFS) Checklist

Study, publication date Quality Score Purpose (P) Respondents (R) Explanation (E) Findings (F) Significance (S) Category of paper
Davison et al, 2012, Canada 4 Yes Yes Yes No Yes CO
Goh et al, 2012,
USA		 3 Yes Yes Yes No No CO/Q
Orom et al, 2014,
USA		 4 Yes Yes Yes No Yes CO
Xu et al, 2016,
USA		 4 Yes Yes Yes No Yes CO
Orom et al, 2017,
USA		 4 Yes Yes Yes No Yes CO
Anandadas et al, 2011,
UK		 3 Yes Yes No No Yes SG
Gorin et al, 2011,
USA		 3 Yes No Yes Yes No CO
Loeb et al, 2016,
USA		 3 Yes No Yes Yes No Q
Volk et al, 2014,
USA		 3 Yes Yes Yes No No Q
Xu et al, 2012,
USA		 3 Yes No Yes Yes No Q
O’Callaghan et al, 2014, Australia 3 Yes No Yes Yes No Q
Mishra et al, 2013,
USA		 3 No No Yes Yes Yes SPO
Ehdaie et al, 2017,
USA		 4 No Yes Yes Yes Yes SPO
Venderbos et al, 2015,
Netherlands		 4 Yes No Yes Yes Yes SG
Venderbos et al, 2017,
Europe		 4 Yes No Yes Yes Yes SG
Lang et al, 2017,
USA		 4 Yes No Yes Yes Yes CO
Kendel et al, 2016, Germany 4 Yes Yes Yes No Yes CO
Vasarainen et al, 2012, Helsinki 4 Yes No Yes Yes Yes SG
Bellardita et al, 2013,4
Italy 4		 4 Yes No Yes Yes Yes SG
Vanagas, 2013,
Lithuania		 3 Yes No Yes No No SG
Hegarty et al, 2008,
USA and Ireland		 3 Yes No Yes Yes No SG
Smith et al, 2009,
Australia		 3 Yes No Yes Yes No SG
Parker et al, 2016,
USA		 4 Yes Yes Yes No Yes SG
Punnen, 2013,
USA,		 4 Yes Yes Yes No Yes SG
Lane et al, 2016,
UK		 4 Yes Yes Yes No Yes CO
Van den Bergh et al, 2010,
Netherlands		 4 Yes No Yes Yes Yes SG
Xu et al, 2011,
USA		 4 Yes No Yes Yes Yes Q
Xu et al, 2016,
USA		 4 Yes Yes Yes No Yes CO
Wilcox et al, 2014,
Australia		 4 Yes No Yes Yes Yes SG
Burnet et al, 2007,
UK		 4 Yes No Yes Yes Yes SG
Davison et al, 2011,
Canada		 3 Yes No Yes No No CO
Anderson et al, 2014, Australia 3 Yes Yes No No Yes SG
Oliffe et al, 2009,
Canada		 3 Yes Yes No yes No CO
Berger et al, 2015,
USA		 3 Yes Yes No No Yes Q
Seiler et al, 2012,
USA		 4 Yes No Yes Yes Yes CO
Kinsella et al, 2015,
UK		 3 No Yes No Yes Yes SPO
Wade et al, 2015,
UK		 3 Yes No Yes Yes No CO/Q
Kazer et al, 2011
USA		 4 Yes No Yes Yes Yes Q
Wade et al, 2013,
UK		 3 Yes No Yes Yes No SG
Wade et al, 2015,
UK		 3 Yes No Yes Yes No Q
Latini et al, 2007,
USA		 4 Yes Yes No Yes Yes CO
Jeldres et al, 2015,
USA		 3 Yes No Yes No Yes SG
Donovan et al, 2016, UK 4 Yes No Yes Yes Yes SG
Loeb et al, 2017, USA 33 Yes No Yes Yes No Q
Le et al, 2016,
USA		 3 Yes No Yes Yes No Q
Scherr et al, 2017, USA 3 Yes No Yes Yes Yes Q/SG/CO
Taylor et al, 2017, USA 4 Yes No Yes Yes Yes Q
Mader et al, 2017,
USA		 3 Yes No Yes Yes No Q
Lyons et al, 2017, USA 2 Yes No Yes No No Q
Chen et al, 2017,
USA		 4 Yes Yes Yes Yes No CO

SG = standard gamble (HRQoL’s), CO = contingent evaluation (survey), SPO = stated preference (other) - (monetary value or choices or ratings), Q = qualitative (interviews).