Measurement of health-related quality of life in patients with diabetes mellitus using EQ-5D-5L in Hong Kong, China.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

This study aimed to estimate the health preference scores of the Chinese population with Diabetes Mellitus (DM) using the EQ-5D-5L Hong Kong (HK) population tariff according to different sociodemographic characteristics in HK.

Methods

Data were obtained from a cross-sectional, territory-wide study of patient experience on specialist outpatient services in a public setting in HK. The EQ-5D-5L HK was used to collect the patients' health status. A total of 2326 respondents were reported to suffer from DM, and their information was elicited and used for the analysis in this study. A robust ANOVA method was used to compare the differences in EQ-5D-5L index scores among subgroups. Binary logistic regressions were used to predict the probability of respondents reporting ful

SUBMITTER: Wong ELY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7295714 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature