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Table 2 Attributes included in the best-worst scaling questions

From: Hemodialysis patients’ preferences for the management of secondary hyperparathyroidism

Attributes

Having a cut from 1 to 2 in. long on your neck

 

Needing to stay in the hospital overnight after the operation

 

Being under general anesthesia during the operation

 

1 out of 300 (0.3%) risk of serious bleeding during the operation

 

1 out of 100 (1%) risk of damage to the nerves that control the vocal cords because of the operation

 

5 out of 100 (5%) risk of having a hoarse voice for up to six months after the operation

 

1 out of 100 (1%) risk of dying because of the operation

 

2 out of 100 (2%) risk of having a seizure or convulsions

 

10 out of 100 (10%) risk of having low blood calcium

 

Needing to take a pill every day