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. 2020 Jan 20;14:119–131. doi: 10.2147/PPA.S220714

Table 5.

100-Point Allocation and First-Choice Treatment Mode Preferences by Country

US (n=30) France (n=10) Germany (n=10) Italy (n=10) Spain (n=10) Switzerland (n=10) UK (n=10) Brazil (n=10) Total (n=100)
100-Point Allocation Points, mean (SD)
Oral 56.3 (27.6) 43.5 (31.5) 43.5 (29.3) 40.0 (35.3) 53.5 (32.7) 30.4 (24.1) 48.0 (40.5) 45.0 (49.7) 47.3 (33.1)
Self-injection 29.9 (26.4) 43.0 (29.8) 33.5 (25.2) 34.0 (29.1) 20.5 (20.1) 38.6 (23.9) 38.0 (37.4) 0.0 (0.0) 29.7 (27.7)
Clinic-injection 4.3 (6.5) 3.5 (7.5) 5.0 (5.8) 8.0 (9.5) 9.3 (9.4) 18.5 (21.5) 6.0 (10.7) 12.0 (31.6) 7.5 (14.1)
Infusion 9.5 (14.1) 9.5 (20.9) 18.0 (20.8) 18.0 (23.6) 16.7 (27.4) 12.5 (11.6) 8.0 (19.3) 43.0 (47.6) 15.4 (24.6)
First Choice,a n (%)
Oral 22 (73.3) 5 (50.0) 6 (60.0) 5 (50.0) 5 (50.0) 4 (40.0) 5 (50.0) 5 (50.0) 57 (57.0)
Self-injection 8 (26.7) 3 (30.0) 2 (20.0) 3 (30.0) 3 (30.0) 6 (60.0) 4 (40.0) 0 (0.0) 29 (29.0)
Clinic-injection 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (10.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (10.0) 2 (2.0)
Infusion 2 (6.7) 2 (20.0) 2 (20.0) 2 (20.0) 2 (20.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (10.0) 5 (50.0) 16 (16.0)

Notes: aPercentages sum to >100 because four patients provided ties for their first-choice mode; these tied modes were counted twice in the percentages (oral and self-injection [n=3]; oral and infusion [n=1]).

Abbreviations: n, number of patients; UK, United Kingdom; US, United States.