The valuation of the EQ-5D in Portugal

Ferreira, Lara Noronha; Ferreira, Pedro; Pereira, Luìs Nobre; Oppe, Mark

doi:10.1007/s11136-013-0448-z

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“…As shown in Appendix Table 2, 19 of our participants reported "severe depression or anxiety" and that was never reported in the van Nispen et al study's top ten health states. Another additional explanation for the difference between studies is that lower EQ-5D-3L utility indices are expected in Portugal than in the Netherlands because of differences in (Ferreira et al 2014). …”

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“…Health utilities are used to provide estimates of the overall value of health states to the individual and/or to society and are used in cost-utility analyses. To simplify data collection, all likely combinations of ratings of the five items in the EQ-5D-3L, each of which represents a different health state, have been mapped to community-based health utilities by a representative sample of the community population using a time trade-off method (Ferreira et al 2014). Therefore, the EQ-5D-3L can be administered as a rating scale questionnaire and a utility tariff, corresponding to the pattern of responses to the 5 items, can be looked up in a table (or estimated from an algorithm).…”

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“…A negative value would correspond to a health state "worse than dead". Utility index values used here were obtained from Ferreira and colleagues who published community tariffs for the EQ-5D-3L in the Portuguese population (Ferreira et al 2014). During the questionnaire administration, clear instructions were given to consider difficulties associated with visual impairment.…”

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Visual and health outcomes, measured with the activity inventory and the EQ‐5D, in visual impairment

Macedo

Ramos

Hernández-Moreno

et al. 2017

Acta Ophthalmologica

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PurposeGeneric instruments to assess health utilities can be used to express the burden of health problems in widely used indexes. That is in contrast with what can be obtained with condition-specific instruments, outcomes are very specific and difficult to compare across conditions. The purpose of this study was to assess health and visual outcomes and its determinants in patients with visual impairment (VI) using the EQ-5D-3L and the Activity-inventory (AI). MethodsParticipants were recruited in different hospitals during the PCVIP-study. A total of 134 patients with acuity 0.30 logMAR or less in the better eye were interviewed. The AI includes 46 goals split between three objectives: social functioning, recreation and daily living, was used to measure visual ability. The EQ-5D consists of five questions covering one domain each and was used to provide a measure of health states. Responses to each domain were combined to produce a single individual index.ResultsThe AI and the EQ-5D-3L showed enough discriminatory power between VI levels (p<.001) and their results were strongly correlated r(134)=.825, (p<.001). Explanatory factors for visual ability were level of VI in better eye, age and gender, R 2 =.43, (p<.001). Explanatory factors for the EQ-5D-3L were level of VI in the better eye, comorbidities and gender, R 2 =.36, (p<.001). ConclusionsOur results showed that the EQ-5D-3L is useful when characterizing the burden of VI and to compute, when necessary, quality-adjusted-life-years (QALY) changes due to VI. However, is important to consider that the EQ-5D-3L uses a coarse response scale, assesses a limited spectrum of domains and is influenced by comorbidities. This might limit its responsiveness to small changes in visual ability.

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“…The global index is generated by an algorithm, based on the preferences of the answers obtained for the five dimensions. The EQ-5D uses a scale from 1 (perfect health) to 0 (death), admitting, however, negative values corresponding to health states considered worse than death [1,20,22]. Data were collected between January 2013 and January 2014.…”

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“…More recently, the value system and the normative data of the EQ-5D-3L were established for the Portuguese population [22,23].…”

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Assessment of Health-Related Quality of Life using the EQ-5D-3L in Individuals with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Cardoso¹

2016

JDMDC

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The daily experience with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) has significant adverse effects on health-related quality of life (HRQoL). HRQoL assessment is essential for measuring the impact of the disease on the patient and selecting individualized strategies. Generic measures for assessing HRQoL are very useful because, unlike specific measurement instruments, they allow for the comparison with other instruments. The EQ-5D-3L is a generic measure and it describes HRQoL in five dimensions; mobility, self-care, usual activities, pain/discomfort and anxiety/depression, with three levels each. In Portugal, studies using the EQ-5D-3L as a generic measure to assess HRQoL in diabetic patients are scarce.Objective: To assess HRQoL in individuals with T2DM using the Portuguese version of the EQ-5D-3L.Methodology: An accidental sample of patients with T2DM (n=437) was selected at Family Health Units and healthcare centers in Coimbra, Portugal, between January 2013 and January 2014. The EQ-5D-3L was applied in interviews. The EQ-5D-3L score was calculated based on the answers to the five dimensions and the value system for the Portuguese population.Results: In this sample, 100% of the participants answered the EQ-5D-3L. The HRQoL score was 0.6772 in the EQ-5D-3L and 64.85 in the EQ-VAS. The most frequent answers to the five dimensions were no problems or some problems. The mean score of the EQ-5D-3L was significantly associated with age, male gender, high level of education, having an occupation, practicing physical activity, being single and having been diagnosed with T2DM for less time. The Cronbach alpha's value was 0.674, confirming an acceptable internal consistency. Conclusion:HRQoL levels in individuals with T2DM are lower than the national average and vary depending on sociodemographic and clinical characteristics. The EQ-5D-3L is a reliable instrument that can be used to assess the quality of life of diabetic patients and contribute to assess the patients' overall health status, adding data from the subjective dimension of self-care management.

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Polypharmacy, potentially serious clinically relevant drug‐drug interactions, and inappropriate medicines in elderly people with type 2 diabetes and their impact on quality of life

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Torre

Guerreiro³

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Pharmacology Res & Perspec

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The valuation of the EQ-5D in Portugal

Abstract: This research provides the Portuguese EQ-5D value set based on the preferences of the Portuguese general population as measured by the TTO. This value set is recommended for use in CUA conducted in Portugal.

Cited by 106 publications

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Visual and health outcomes, measured with the activity inventory and the EQ‐5D, in visual impairment

Visual and health outcomes, measured with the activity inventory and the EQ‐5D, in visual impairment

Assessment of Health-Related Quality of Life using the EQ-5D-3L in Individuals with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Polypharmacy, potentially serious clinically relevant drug‐drug interactions, and inappropriate medicines in elderly people with type 2 diabetes and their impact on quality of life

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