EQ-5D and priority mental health conditions. Applying new methods to establish validity and potential bias
Theme 2: Measuring and Valuing Outcomes
Many decisions in healthcare are made by considering the costs and health benefits of different options. An important issue for decision-making bodies, like the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and the Department of Health and Social Care, is to assess the health benefits of different devices, medicines, vaccines and procedures in a consistent way, even though they affect different types of patients and health conditions. Questionnaires asking about broad health aspects, such as EQ-5D, are commonly used as the basis of measures of health benefit. In the case of EQ-5D, the questionnaire asks patients about their health in five areas: mobility, ability to self-care, usual activities, pain and anxiety/depression.
Aims
To apply previously developed methods to assess if EQ-5D suitably covers aspects of quality of life that are relevant to people with psychosis.
To calculate how biased results might be from using EQ-5D if it does not fully cover the aspects of quality of life that matter to patients.
Project Team
Allan Wailoo, Monica Hernandez, Steve Pudney
Contact
Allan Wailoo a.j.wailoo@sheffield.ac.uk