Journal article
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