Improved RIDIT statistic approach provides more intuitive and informative interpretation of EQ-5D data.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:EQ-5D is generic measure of health-related quality of life. Studies using EQ-5D generate ordinal data that are interpreted as categories ordered by severity. New analytic approaches taking into account the ordinal nature of the health dimension severity and leading to a better interpretation of EQ-5D data are needed to better elucidate differences in health-related quality of life. We propose utilizing the Improved RIDIT statistical method to analyze EQ-5D outcomes. METHODS:556 Moroccan participants aged over 18 years representing four chronic diseases: back pain (n = 158), renal insufficiency (n = 56), diabetes (n = 82) or hypertension (n = 80) and healthy subjects (n = 180). All participants received the two EQ-5D versions. Two other published data sets were included. The firs

SUBMITTER: Marfak A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7477837 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature