Miriam Brazzelli, Mehdi Javanbakht, Mari Imamura, Jemma Hudson, Eoin Moloney, Frauke Becker, Sheila Wallace, Muhammad Imran Omar, Michael Shimonovich, Graeme MacLennan, Laura Ternent, Luke Vale, Isobel Montgomery, Phil Mackie, Lucky Saraswat, Ash Monga, Dawn Craig
BACKGROUND: Urinary incontinence in women is a distressing condition that restricts quality of life and results in a large economic burden to both the NHS and women themselves. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the clinical effectiveness, safety and cost-effectiveness of surgical treatment for stress urinary incontinence (SUI) in women and explore women's preferences. DESIGN: An evidence synthesis, a discrete choice experiment (DCE) and an economic decision model, with a value-of-information (VOI) analysis...
March 2019: Health Technology Assessment: HTA