An Exploratory Study: A Head-to-Head Comparison of the EQ-5D-5L and AQoL-8D for Long-Term Publicly Waitlisted Bariatric Surgery Patients Before and 3 Months After Bariatric Surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Choice of a multi-attribute utility instrument (MAUI) that appropriately assesses an intervention's health-related quality-of-life (HRQoL) impacts is a vital part of healthcare resource allocation and clinical assessment.

Objective

Our exploratory study compared the EuroQol (EQ)-5D-5L and Assessment of Quality of Life (AQoL)-8D MAUIs, which were used to assess the effect of bariatric surgery for a cohort of long-term publicly waitlisted, severely obese patients.

Methods

The study was conducted at the Hobart Private Hospital (Tasmania, Australia). To compare the sensitivity and instrument content of the two MAUIs, we used dimensional comparisons by investigating the distribution of patient-reported responses (number/percentage) across the MAUIs' levels and d

SUBMITTER: Campbell JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6249192 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature