Comparison of preference-based health-related quality of life measures for chronic neck pain: a pooled analysis of data from three RCTs.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study aimed to identify a preference-based health-related quality of life (HRQOL) measure that best reflects disease-specific features in patients with neck pain by comparing the characteristics of the instruments.

Design

Pooled data from three multicentre randomised controlled clinical trials (RCTs) on neck pain were included for analysis in this study.

Setting

All three RCTs were conducted between 2017 and 2020 in Korea, and patients were recruited from four hospitals and one university teaching hospital.

Participants

In total, 313 patients with neck pain were included in the three RCTs.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

A correlation analysis was conducted using Spearman's correlation coefficients between preference-based HRQOL sc

SUBMITTER: Lee SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11683893 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature