OBJECTIVES To assess and compare the self-perceived Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) of multimorbid patients and the general population using health utilities (HU) and visual analogue scale (VAS) methods. METHODS We analyzed data (n = 888) from a national, cross-sectional Swiss study of multimorbid patients recruited in primary care settings. Self-perceived HRQoL was assessed using the ...

BACKGROUND The use of the EQ-5D to asses the economic benefits of health technologies has led to questions about the cross-population transferability of preference weights to calculate health utility scores. The aim of this study is to investigate whether the use of UK and Canadian preference weights will lead to the calculation of different health utility scores in a sample of persons with Alz...

ObjectiveThis review examined the psychometric performance of 4 generic child- and adolescent-specific preference-based measures that can be used to produce utilities for child adolescent health.MethodsA systematic search was undertaken identify studies reporting Child Health Utility (CHU9D), EQ-5D-Y (3L or 5L), Utilities Index Mark 2 (HUI2) 3 (HUI3) in children and/or adolescents. Data were ex...

BACKGROUND Pressure ulcers are wounds that result from reduced mobility, and can have a significant impact on morbidity, mortality and quality of life. As pressure ulcers are a consequence of a wide range of conditions and interventions, it is unclear whether the best means of capturing the quality of life impacts is via generic or condition specific Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs). T...

BACKGROUND The use of mapping algorithms have been suggested as a solution to predict health utilities when no preference-based measure is included in the study. However, validity and predictive performance of these algorithms are highly variable and hence assessing the accuracy and validity of algorithms before use them in a new setting is of importance. The aim of the current study was to ass...