Predictors of health state utility values using SF-6D for Chinese adult patients with β-thalassemia major.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients with β-thalassemia major (β-TM), predominantly adult patients, are associated with physical, mental, and social problems, that result in decreased quality of life (QoL). However, there is a paucity of data on QoL and health status utility (HSU) among adult patients with β-TM in mainland China. Our study aimed to evaluate the QoL by short form 36 questionnaire (SF-36) of adult patients with β-TM in mainland China and to estimate their HSU by SF-6D. In addition, we aimed to identify predictors of HSU.

Methods

In this cross-sectional descriptive study, a total of 75 adult patients with β-TM were included by the snowball sampling method that applied involving seven provinces with a relatively high prevalence of thalassemia across mainland China between Septem

SUBMITTER: Zhang R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9892772 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature