Peasgood, T., Brennan, A., Mansell, P. et al. (3 more authors) (2016) The impact of diabetes-related complications on preference-based measures of health-related quality of life in adults with Type I diabetes. Medical Decision Making, 38 (8). pp. 1020-1033. ISSN 0272-989X
Abstract
Introduction: This study estimates health-related quality of life (HRQoL) or utility decrements associated with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) using data from a UK research programme on the Dose Adjustment For Normal Eating (DAFNE) education programme.
Methods: A wide range of data was collected from 2,341 individuals who undertook a DAFNE course in 2009-12, at baseline and for two subsequent years. We use fixed and random effects linear models to generate utility estimates for T1DM using different instruments: EQ-5D, SF-6D and EQ-VAS. We show models with and without controls for HbA1c and depression, which may be endogenous (if, for example, there is reverse causality in operation).
Results: We find strong evidence of an unobserved individual effect, suggesting the superiority of the fixed effects model. Depression shows the greatest decrement across all the models in the preferred fixed effects model. The fixed effects EQ-5D model also finds a significant decrement from retinopathy, BMI and HbA1c(%). Estimating a decrement using the fixed effects model is not possible for some conditions where there are few new cases. In the random effects model diabetic foot disease shows substantial utility decrements, yet these are not significant in the fixed effects models.
Conclusion: Utility decrements have been calculated for a wide variety of health states in T1DM which can be used in economic analyses. However, despite the large dataset, the low incidence of several complications leads to uncertainty in calculating the utility weights. Depression and diabetic foot disease result in a substantial loss in HRQoL for patients with T1DM. HbA1c(%) appears to have an independent negative impact upon HRQoL, although concerns remain regarding the potential endogeneity of this variable.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2016. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
Keywords: | Type 1 diabetes; T1DM; EQ-5D; SF-6D; EQ-VAS; Health-Related Quality of Life; Depression; HbA1c; Utility |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health (Sheffield) > School of Health and Related Research (Sheffield) > ScHARR - Sheffield Centre for Health and Related Research |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 18 Feb 2016 11:28 |
Last Modified: | 30 Nov 2016 11:31 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0272989X16658660 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/0272989X16658660 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:95064 |
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