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Table 5 Differences between high-risk and low-risk patients’ preferences for osteoporosis drug treatment

From: Patients’ preferences for osteoporosis drug treatment: a discrete-choice experiment

Attributes and levels

High risk patients

Low-risk patients

P valuea

(FRAX major >10%)

(FRAX major ≤10%)

Number of patients

139

114

 

Pseudo-R2

0.39

0.42

 

Log-likelihood

-1,378.35

-1,085.55

 

Constant

1.50*** (1.17 to 1.83)

-0.05 (–0.52 to 0.43)

0.01

Efficacy (1% risk reduction)

0.04*** (0.03 to 0.04)

0.14*** (0.11 to 0.17)

0.00

SD: 1.65***

SD: 1.01***

Cost per month (€1)

-0.02*** (–0.02 to –0.03)

-0.08*** (–0.06 to –0.09)

0.00

SD: 1.45***

SD: 0.67***

Drug administration (reference level: weekly oral tablet)

 

 Monthly oral tablet

0.57** (0.08 to 1.06)

1.14*** (0.47 to 1.82)

0.14

SD: 0.94***

SD: 1.87***

 Subcutaneous injection 3-monthly

0.14 (–0.19 to 0.47)

0.28 (–0.17 to 0.74)

0.14

SD: NS

SD: NS

 Subcutaneous injection 6-monthly

0.57*** (0.17 to 0.96)

1.55*** (0.97 to 2.14)

0.06

SD: NS

SD: NS

 Intravenous injection 3-monthly

-0.28 (–0.88 to 0.31)

-0.24 (–1.39 to 0.91)

0.25

SD: 1.82***

SD: 4.84***

 Intravenous injection yearly

0.28 (–0.13 to 0.69)

0.75** (0.05 to 1.45)

0.33

SD: 0.81***

SD: 2.15***

Side effects (reference level: gastrointestinal disorders)

 

 Flu-like symptoms

0.66*** (0.36 to 0.95)

1.51*** (1.07 to 1.95)

0.57

SD: 0.91***

SD: 1.18***

 Skin reactions

0.45** (0.05 to 0.85)

0.49** (0.10 to 0.87)

0.05

SD: 1.31***

SD: 1.04***

  1. Data presented as estimate (95% confidence interval). SD, standard deviation; NS, not significant. aP value was estimated in a joint model with interaction terms. **P < 0.05. ***P < 0.01.