Optimisation of Scores Generated by an Online Feline Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQL) Instrument to Assist the Veterinary User Interpret Its Results.

ABSTRACT: Using methodology previously described for the dog health-related quality of life (HRQL) tool (VetMetrica™), the aim was to optimize the scores profile of a comparable feline online HRQL instrument for monitoring HRQL in cats, to assist in its interpretation. Measuring HRQL helps quantify the impact of disease and its treatment on well-being, aids clinical decision making and provides information in clinical trials. In Study 1, using data collected from previous studies, scores generated for three domains of HRQL (Vitality, Comfort, Emotional Well-being) in healthy cats were normalized using standard statistical techniques of logit transformation and T-scores, such that the average healthy cat has a score of 50 in all three HRQL domains. Using normalized scores from healthy and sick

SUBMITTER: Davies V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7815521 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature