Estimating a Preference-Based Index for Mental Health From the Recovering Quality of Life Measure: Valuation of Recovering Quality of Life Utility Index.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There are increasing concerns about the appropriateness of generic preference-based measures to capture health benefits in the area of mental health.

Objectives

The aim of this study is to estimate preference weights for a new measure, Recovering Quality of Life (ReQoL-10), to better capture the benefits of mental healthcare.

Methods

Psychometric analyses of a larger sample of mental health service users (n = 4266) using confirmatory factor analyses and item response theory were used to derive a health state classification system and inform the selection of health states for utility assessment. A valuation survey with members of the UK public representative in terms of age, sex, and region was conducted using face-to-face interviewer administered time-trade

SUBMITTER: Keetharuth AD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7871010 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature