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..To examine patient preferences for currently available and promising osteoporosis treatment options...

..We provide case examples to illustrate the potential value of adopting each of these approaches in clinical practice...

..The objective of this study was to develop a decision support tool to inform RA patients with ongoing active disease about the risks and benefits related to biologic therapy...

..This may be, in part, due to the failure of the NRS to adequately predict patients' preferences for additional treatment...

..The objective of this study was to determine whether physicians' treatment preferences are influenced by patients' age...

..The objective of this study was to determine how much benefit women expect teriparatide to confer before agreeing to perform daily injections...

..Patient participation in shared decision making (SDM) results in increased patient knowledge, adherence, and improved outcomes. Despite the benefits of the SDM model, many patients do not attain the level of participation they desire...

..The objective of this pilot study was to test the efficacy of a computer tool to improve informed decision-making for patients with knee pain in an outpatient primary care clinic setting...

..The authors sought to learn more about how patients view their involvement in decisions related to their health care...

..The objective of this study was to ascertain patient preferences for treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV)...

..The objective of this study was to examine whether emphasizing volition increases patients' risk perception and decreases their willingness to accept risk...

..The objective of this study was to determine if certainty related to initiating treatment is related to preferred role in decision making...

..Physicians must frequently inform their patients of the risks of rare, but serious, adverse events (AEs)...

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..In this study, we sought to investigate the factors that influence patients' decisions as they consider treatment for hepatitis C infection...

..To conduct a qualitative study to elicit patients' descriptions of their own experiences with treatment for hepatitis C (HCV)...

..Despite the serious consequences of osteoporosis, few women use pharmacologic measures to prevent postmenopausal bone loss. We used an interactive computerized questionnaire to examine women's preferences for prevention of osteoporosis...

..Improving care for patients with comorbidities will require substantive increases in the efforts and resources allocated to the collection and dissemination of outcome data for patients with varying comorbidities...

..e., by a perception that COX-2 inhibitors eliminate the risk of serious gastrointestinal (GI) events in contrast to merely reduce their risk...

..quot; We investigated whether some patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treat the risk of adverse effects (AE) as "protected values," i.e., as unacceptable regardless of how small the risk...

..To examine whether the current widespread use of antiinflammatory drugs may reflect a lack of informed choice (i.e., unawareness of adverse effects or potential treatment alternatives) among older patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA)...

..To elicit treatment preferences of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) for disease modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) with varying risk profiles...

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..Conjoint analysis is an established method of eliciting consumer preferences in market research and is being increasingly used to study patient preferences for health care...

..Our results suggest that patients' relative risk-attitudes, as measured by a lottery task, are related to their treatment preferences. Differences in risk-attitude may help explain the inter-patient variability in treatment preferences...

..Our results suggest that certain patients, especially those with milder disease activity, might be reluctant to accept commonly used arthritis medications if they are fully informed of their potential toxicity...

..The challenge remaining for rheumatologists is how to effectively communicate the risks and benefits related to the many options that are currently available for RA patients...

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..To examine rheumatologists' attitudes toward routine ophthalmologic screening for hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) retinopathy and to estimate the acceptability of hypothetical guidelines discouraging this practice...

..To systematically evaluate the literature addressing the role of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the diagnosis and prognosis of early undifferentiated inflammatory arthritis and rheumatoid arthritis (RA)...

..To systematically review the literature on reported adverse effects (AE) associated with use of topical nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAID) in older adults with osteoarthritis (OA)...

..Colorectal cancer (CRC) screening can be administered through tests with varied characteristics and is a preference-sensitive decision...

..Our objective was to evaluate the capability of preoperative information to predict APM outcomes in OA...

..To determine the priority that older adults with coexisting hypertension and fall risk give to optimizing cardiovascular outcomes versus fall- and medication symptom-related outcomes...

..Our objective was to explore the factors influencing the decision of a primary care physician (PCP) to refer or not refer a patient with suspected RA, and to identify modifiable factors influencing timely referral...

..Our objective was to determine the incidence and natural history of RP not associated with a connective tissue disease in a large, community-based population...

..Our objective was to determine whether smoking and alcohol are independently associated with Raynaud's in a large, community-based cohort...

..To determine whether preferences for future attempts at life-sustaining treatment change over time in a consistent and predictable manner...

..Our objective was to determine the incremental cost-effectiveness of adding MRI to standard risk stratification in early RA...

..This study examines expert opinion regarding what constitutes informed consent...

..To develop a choice task for eliciting priorities in the face of competing cardiovascular disease (CVD) outcomes, medication-related symptoms, and fall injuries...

..This study explores patients' views on their decision-making processes and the quality of surgeon-patient communication during informed consent for AAA repair...

..The objective of this study was to develop and pilot test a decision support tool for patients with AAAs...

..Dr. Maricq was the first to develop and validate a standardized instrument to classify patients with this disorder. Her work has facilitated many of the epidemiologic studies of RP that are discussed in this review...

..Our objective was to prospectively define clinical criteria that identify patients who have a low risk of radiographic findings that influence the management of the initial evaluation of shoulder pain in the emergency department...

..Physicians should discuss both EVL and beta-blockers with patients requiring primary prophylaxis for variceal hemorrhage. Future guidelines should incorporate individual patient preferences...

..To examine the amount of improvement in renal survival that lupus patients require before choosing cyclophosphamide over azathioprine for the treatment of lupus nephritis...

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