Sun, S, Chen, J, Kind, P et al. (3 more authors) (2015) Experience-based VAS values for EQ-5D-3L health states in a national general population health survey in China. Quality of Life Research, 24 (3). 693 - 703. ISSN 0962-9343
Abstract
Purpose: To investigate the feasibility of deriving experience-based visual analogue scale (VAS) values for EQ-5D-3L health states using national general population health survey data in China. Methods: The EQ-5D-3L was included in the National Health Services Survey (n = 120,709, aged 15–103 years) to measure health-related quality of life. The respondents reported their current health status on a VAS and completed the EQ-5D-3L questionnaire, enabling modelling of the association between the experience-based VAS values and self-reported problems on EQ-5D dimensions and severity levels. Results: VAS values were generally negatively associated with problems reported on the EQ-5D dimensions, and the anxiety/depression dimension had the greatest impact on VAS values. A previously obtained value for dead allowed the values for all 243 EQ-5D-3L health states to be transformed to the 0–1 scale (0 = dead, 1 = full health). Conclusions: This study presents the feasibility of deriving an experience-based VAS values for EQ-5D-3L health states in China. The analysis of these VAS data raises more fundamental issues concerning the universal nature of the classification system and the extent to which Chinese respondents utilise the same concepts of health as defined by this classification system.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | (c) The Author(s) 2014. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits any use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and the source are credited. |
Keywords: | China; EQ-5D; Experience-based values; General population; Health status; Visual analogue; scale |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > School of Medicine (Leeds) > Leeds Institute of Health Sciences (Leeds) > Academic Unit of Health Economics (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 15 Oct 2015 14:01 |
Last Modified: | 15 Oct 2015 14:01 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11136-014-0793-6 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Springer Verlag |
Identification Number: | 10.1007/s11136-014-0793-6 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:85602 |