A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Health Utility Estimates in Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria.

ABSTRACT: Background: Chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU) is a common recurrent skin disease that adversely affect patient's quality of life condition to treat. Economic evaluations of health care often include patient preferences for health outcomes using utilities. Objectives: The study aimed to determine pooled estimates of utility-based quality of life in patients with CSU. Methods: We conducted a systematic review, meta-analysis, and meta-regression of peer-reviewed articles and conference papers that published from database inception to 31 April 2019 that reported utility estimates in patients with CSU. Scores reported with the EQ-5D, SF-6D, SF-12, and SF-36 instruments were converted to utilities using published mapping algorithms. Meta-analysis was used to calculate the

SUBMITTER: Yuan Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7793814 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature