EQ-5D-5L-based quality of life normative data for patients with self-reported diabetes in Poland.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The new, five-level EQ-5D generic questionnaire (EQ-5D-5L) has never been used among diabetes patients in Poland.

Objectives

To develop health-related quality of life (HRQoL) norms for patients with self-reported diabetes, based on a large representative sample of the general Polish population, using the EQ-5D-5L.

Materials and methods

Members of the general public, selected via multistage stratified sampling, filled in the EQ-5D-5L questionnaire and answered a question about the presence of diabetes. We estimated three types of EQ-5D-5L outcomes: limitations within domains, EQ VAS and EQ-5D-5L index. Multiple linear regression was used to examine the relationship between sociodemographic characteristics and HRQoL, both in patients with diabetes and the g

SUBMITTER: Jankowska A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8480847 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature