The FACT-8D, a new cancer-specific utility algorithm based on the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapies-General (FACT-G): a Canadian valuation study

Table 3 Respondents’ perceptions of the valuation task and their choice strategies

	Frequency	Percent
How clear was the presentation of the health states?
Very unclear	41	2.7
Unclear	87	5.8
Neither clear nor unclear	266	17.6
Clear	792	52.4
Very clear	327	21.6
How difficult was it to choose between the pairs of health states on each screen?
Very difficult	115	7.6
Difficult	605	40.0
Neither easy nor difficult	473	31.3
Easy	255	16.9
Very easy	65	4.3
Did you have a strategy for choosing between the pairs of health states on each screen?
I did not have a strategy	78	5.2
I focused on just a few aspects of the health states	213	14.1
I focused on the aspects that were highlighted in yellow	356	23.5
I considered most of the aspects	431	28.5
I considered all of the aspects	408	27.0
Other	27	1.8

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