Quality of life impact of mental health conditions in England: results from the adult psychiatric morbidity surveys.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The main objective is to present health state utility estimates for a broad range of mental health conditions including anxiety, depression, long-term depression, obsessive compulsive disorder, phobia, panic disorder, psychosis, alcohol and drug dependency that can be used in economic models.

Methods

This study uses pooled data from the Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Surveys carried out in 2000 and 2007 of a representative sample of the general population in England. Health state utility values measured by the SF-6D and EQ-5D indices are the dependent variables. Independent variables include background characteristics, mental health and physical health conditions. Regression models were estimated using OLS for the SF-6D and tobit for EQ-5D. Further regressions were c

SUBMITTER: Roberts J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3901021 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature