Mapping PedsQL™ scores to CHU9D utility weights for children with chronic conditions in a multi-ethnic and deprived metropolitan population.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The Child Health Utility-9 Dimensions (CHU9D) is a patient-reported outcome measure to generate Quality-Adjusted Life Years (QALYs), recommended for economic evaluations of interventions to inform funding decisions. When the CHU9D is not available, mapping algorithms offer an opportunity to convert other paediatric instruments, such as the Paediatric Quality of Life Inventory™ (PedsQL), onto the CHU9D scores. This study aims to validate current PedsQL to CHU9D mappings in a sample of children and young people of a wide age range (0 to 16 years of age) and with chronic conditions. New algorithms with improved predictive accuracy are also developed.

Methods

Data from the Children and Young People's Health Partnership (CYPHP) were used (N = 1735). Four regression models

SUBMITTER: Kelly CB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10241699 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature