TY - JOUR
T1 - A discrete choice conjoint experiment to evaluate parent preferences for treatment of young, medication naïve children with ADHD
AU - Waschbusch, Daniel A.
AU - Cunningham, Charles E.
AU - Pelham, William E.
AU - Rimas, Heather L.
AU - Greiner, Andrew R.
AU - Gnagy, Elizabeth M.
AU - Waxmonsky, James
AU - Fabiano, Gregory A.
AU - Robb, Jessica A.
AU - Burrows-Maclean, Isa
AU - Scime, Mindy
AU - Hoffman, Martin T.
N1 - Funding Information:
Daniel A. Waschbusch, William E. Pelham, Jr., Andrew R. Greiner, Elizabeth M. Gnagy, and Jessica A. Robb are now at the Department of Psychology and the Center for Children and Families, Florida International University. James Waxmonsky is now at the Department of Psychiatry and the Center for Children and Families, Florida International University. This research was supported by grant R01MH069614 from the National Institute of Mental Health to Dr. William E. Pelham. We thank the parents who participated in the study and the many research assistants who worked on the project. Correspondence should be addressed to Daniel A. Waschbusch, Center for Children and Families, Florida International University, 11200 SW 8th Street, AHC 1 Room 140, Miami, FL 33199. E-mail: dan.waschbusch@fiu.edu
PY - 2011/7
Y1 - 2011/7
N2 - The current study examined treatment preferences of 183 parents of young (average age=5.8 years, SD=0.6), medication naive children with ADHD. Preferences were evaluated using a discrete choice experiment in which parents made choices between different combinations of treatment characteristics, outcomes, and costs. Latent class analysis yielded two segments of parents: (a) medication avoidant parents constituted 70.5% of the sample whose treatment decisions were strongly influenced by a desire to avoid medication, and (b) outcome oriented parents constituted 29.5% of the sample whose treatment decisions were most influenced by a desire for positive treatment outcomes Parents in the outcome oriented segment were more stressed and depressed, had lower socioeconomic status and education, were more likely to be single parents, and had more disruptive and impaired children. Simulations predicted that parents would prefer treatments with behavior therapy over treatments with stimulant medication only.
AB - The current study examined treatment preferences of 183 parents of young (average age=5.8 years, SD=0.6), medication naive children with ADHD. Preferences were evaluated using a discrete choice experiment in which parents made choices between different combinations of treatment characteristics, outcomes, and costs. Latent class analysis yielded two segments of parents: (a) medication avoidant parents constituted 70.5% of the sample whose treatment decisions were strongly influenced by a desire to avoid medication, and (b) outcome oriented parents constituted 29.5% of the sample whose treatment decisions were most influenced by a desire for positive treatment outcomes Parents in the outcome oriented segment were more stressed and depressed, had lower socioeconomic status and education, were more likely to be single parents, and had more disruptive and impaired children. Simulations predicted that parents would prefer treatments with behavior therapy over treatments with stimulant medication only.
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U2 - 10.1080/15374416.2011.581617
DO - 10.1080/15374416.2011.581617
M3 - Article
C2 - 21722027
AN - SCOPUS:79960550300
VL - 40
SP - 546
EP - 561
JO - Journal of clinical child psychology
JF - Journal of clinical child psychology
SN - 1537-4416
IS - 4
ER -