Published in:
01-06-2018 | Original Paper
Chilean population norms derived from the health-related quality of Life SF-6D
Authors:
Miguel A. Garcia-Gordillo, Daniel Collado-Mateo, Pedro R. Olivares, José C. Adsuar
Published in:
The European Journal of Health Economics
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Issue 5/2018
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Abstract
Objectives
The Health-Related Quality of Life Short Form 6D (HRQoL SF-6D) provides utility values for health status. Utilities generated have a number of potentially valuable applications in economic evaluations and not only to ensure comparability between studies. Reference values can be useful to estimate the effect on patients’ HRQoL as a result of interventions in the absence of control groups. Thus, the purpose of this study was to provide normative values in the SF-6D in relation to the Chilean population.
Methods
A cross-sectional study was conducted evaluating 5293 people. SF-6D utilities were derived from the SF-12 questions.
Results
Mean SF-6D utility index for the whole sample was 0.74. It was better for men (0.78) than for women (0.71). The ceiling effect was much higher for men (11.16%) than for women (5.31%). Women were more likely to show problems in any dimension than were men.
Conclusions
Chilean population norms for the SF-6D help in the decision-making process around health policies. Men reported higher health status than women in all subcategories analyzed. Likewise, men also reported higher scores than women in overall SF-6D dimensions.