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The CREATE Method for Expressing Continuous Outcome Data in Absolute Terms for Use in Patient Treatment Decision Aids

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Patient decision aids (PtDAs) supplement advice from health care professionals by communicating the absolute risk or benefit of treatment options (i.e., X/100). As such, PtDAs have been amenable to binary outcomes only. We aimed to develop and test the validity of the Conversion to Risk Estimates through Application of Normal Theory (CREATE) method for estimating absolute risk based on continuous outcome data. METHODS: CREATE is …

Authors

McGillion M; Victor JC; Carroll SL; Metcalfe K; O'Keefe-McCarthy S; Jamal N; Arthur HM; McKelvie R; Jolicoeur EM; Hanlon JG

Journal

Medical Decision Making, Vol. 35, No. 8, pp. 959–966

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Publication Date

November 2015

DOI

10.1177/0272989x15598540

ISSN

0272-989X