Deriving the PedsUtil health state classification system to measure health utilities for pediatric populations based on the PedsQL: a confirmatory factor analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

An important methodological challenge in conducting pediatric economic evaluations is estimating the preference-based health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of children. Current methods are highly variable and there is no single instrument available to value HRQoL consistently across multiple pediatric age groups. The Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL) is a non-preference-based generic HRQoL instrument validated for children 2-18 years, but it cannot be directly used in economic evaluations. The aim of this study was to establish the core dimension structure of the PedsUtil health state classification system using confirmatory factor analysis, which is the first step of deriving a preference-based measure of HRQoL based on the PedsQL.

Methods

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SUBMITTER: Kim DeLuca E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11463099 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature