Determination of quality of life-related health utilities for surgical complications in ovarian cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the health state utilities of ovarian cancer patients, clinicians, and non-cancer controls regarding surgical complications in ovarian cancer.

Methods

Utilities for 14 surgical complications were assessed from patients with recently diagnosed or recurrent ovarian cancer, clinicians, and non-cancer controls using the visual analog scale (VAS) and time trade-off (TTO) methods. Health state utilities were converted to a 0-to-1 scale, where 0 represents the least favorable outcome and 1 represents the most favorable outcome.

Results

Fifty patients, 50 clinicians, and 50 controls participated. Median VAS scores were lower than TTO scores across all groups (p < 0.01). Patients viewed 'bleeding requiring transfusion' most favorably (VAS utility 0.75), fol

SUBMITTER: Suidan RS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12558048 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature