Journal article
Which health-related quality of life score? A comparison of alternative utility measures in patients with Type 2 diabetes in the ADVANCE trial
P Glasziou, J Alexander, E Beller, P Clarke, J Chalmers, S MacMahon, M Cooper, E Ferrannini, D Grobbee, P Hamet, S Harrap, S Heller, L Lisheng, G Mancia, M Marre, C Mogensen, B Neal, C Yu Pan, A Patel, N Poulter Show all
Health and Quality of Life Outcomes | Published : 2007
Abstract
Background: Diabetes has a high burden of illness both in life years lost and in disability through related co-morbidities. Accurate assessment of the non-mortality burden requires appropriate health-related quality of life and summary utility measures of which there are several contenders. The study aimed to measure the impact of diabetes on various health-related quality of life domains, and compare several summary utility measures. Methods: In the ADVANCE (Action in Diabetes and Vascular Disease: Preterax and Diamicron MR Controlled Evaluation) study, 978 Australian patients with Type 2 diabetes completed two health-related quality of life questionnaires at baseline: the EQ-5D and the SF-..
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