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Assessing quality of life in a clinical study on heart rehabilitation patients: How well do value sets based on given or experienced health states reflect patients' valuations?
Health Qual. Life Outcomes 14:48 (2016)
BACKGROUND: Quality of life as an endpoint in a clinical study may be sensitive to the value set used to derive a single score. Focusing on patients' actual valuations in a clinical study, we compare different value sets for the EQ-5D-3L and assess how well they reproduce patients' reported results. METHODS: A clinical study comparing inpatient (n = 98) and outpatient (n = 47) rehabilitation of patients after an acute coronary event is re-analyzed. Value sets include: 1. Given health states and time-trade-off valuation (GHS-TTO) rendering economic utilities; 2. Experienced health states and valuation by visual analog scale (EHS-VAS). Valuations are compared with patient-reported VAS rating. Accuracy is assessed by mean absolute error (MAE) and by Pearson's correlation ρ. External validity is tested by correlation with established MacNew global scores. Drivers of differences between value sets and VAS are analyzed using repeated measures regression. RESULTS: EHS-VAS had smaller MAEs and higher ρ in all patients and in the inpatient group, and correlated best with MacNew global score. Quality-adjusted survival was more accurately reflected by EHS-VAS. Younger, better educated patients reported lower VAS at admission than the EHS-based value set. EHS-based estimates were mostly able to reproduce patient-reported valuation. Economic utility measurement is conceptually different, produced results less strongly related to patients' reports, and resulted in about 20 % longer quality-adjusted survival. CONCLUSION: Decision makers should take into account the impact of choosing value sets on effectiveness results. For transferring the results of heart rehabilitation patients from another country or from another valuation method, the EHS-based value set offers a promising estimation option for those decision makers who prioritize patient-reported valuation. Yet, EHS-based estimates may not fully reflect patient-reported VAS in all situations.
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Publication type
Article: Journal article
Document type
Scientific Article
Keywords
Decision Utility ; Eq-5d-3l ; Experience-based Valuation ; Patient Benefit ; Patient-reported Outcome; Total Hip-replacement; European Countries; Eq-5d; Utilities; Disease; Questionnaire; Qalys
ISSN (print) / ISBN
1477-7525
e-ISSN
1477-7525
Quellenangaben
Volume: 14,
Issue: 1,
Article Number: 48
Publisher
BioMed Central
Publishing Place
London
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Peer reviewed