Health utility scores of family caregivers for leukemia patients measured by EQ-5D-3L: a cross-sectional survey in China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study assessed the health related quality of life of family caregivers (FCs) of leukemia patients by using the health utility scores derived from the EuroQol five-dimensional (EQ-5D) questionnaire.

Methods

A cross-sectional survey was undertaken on 306 family caregivers of leukemia patients to assess their health utility using the EQ-5D-3L. Participants were recruited from three hospitals in China's Heilongjiang province. The health utility scores of the participants were estimated based on the Chinese EQ-5D-3L value set and compared with those of the local general population. Factors predicting the health utility scores were identified through the Kruskal-Wallis analysis of variance and median regression analyses.

Results

FCs had lower health utility

SUBMITTER: Yu H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6171222 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature