BACKGROUND Health utility assessments have been developed for various conditions,including chronic liver disease.Health utility scores are required for socio-economic evaluations,which can aid the distribution of nati...BACKGROUND Health utility assessments have been developed for various conditions,including chronic liver disease.Health utility scores are required for socio-economic evaluations,which can aid the distribution of national budgets.However,the standard health utility assessment scores for specific health conditions are largely unknown.AIM To summarize the health utility scores,including the EuroQOL 5-dimensions 5-levels(EQ-5D-5L),EuroQol-visual analogue scale,short from-36(SF-36),RAND-36,and Health Utilities Index(HUI)-Mark2/Mark3 scores,for the normal population and chronic liver disease patients.METHODS A systematic literature search of PubMed and MEDLINE,including the Cochrane Library,was performed.Meta-analysis was performed using the RevMan software.Multiple means and standard deviations were combined using the StatsToDo online web program.RESULTS The EQ-5D-5L and SF-36 can be used for health utility evaluations during antiviral therapy for hepatitis C.HUI-Mark2/Mark3 indicated that the health utility scores of hepatitis B patients are roughly 30% better than those of hepatitis C patients.CONCLUSION The EQ-5D-5L is the most popular questionnaire for health utility assessments.Health assessments that allow free registration would be useful for evaluating health utility in patients with liver disease.展开更多
基金Supported by Grants-in-Aid from JSPS KAKENHI,No.JP 20K10404(to Mizuguchi T)and No.JP 21K10715(to Ishinuki T)the Hokkaido Hepatitis B Litigation Orange Fund,No.2059198(to Mizuguchi T)and No.2136589(to Harada K)+14 种基金Terumo Life Science Foundation,No.2000666Pfizer Health Research Foundation,No.2000777the Viral Hepatitis Research Foundation of Japan,No.3039838Project Mirai Cancer Research Grants,No.202110251Takahashi Industrial and Economic Research Foundation,No.12-003-106Daiichi Sankyo Company,No.2109540Shionogi and Co.,No.2109493MSD,No.2099412Takeda Pharmaceutical Company,No.2000555Sapporo Doto Hospital,No.2039118Noguchi Hospital,No.2029083Doki-kai Tomakomai Hospital,No.2059203Tsuchida Hospital,No.2000092Shinyu-kai Noguchi Hospital,No.2029083(to Mizuguchi T)the Yasuda Medical Foundation,No.28-1(to Ishinuki T).
文摘BACKGROUND Health utility assessments have been developed for various conditions,including chronic liver disease.Health utility scores are required for socio-economic evaluations,which can aid the distribution of national budgets.However,the standard health utility assessment scores for specific health conditions are largely unknown.AIM To summarize the health utility scores,including the EuroQOL 5-dimensions 5-levels(EQ-5D-5L),EuroQol-visual analogue scale,short from-36(SF-36),RAND-36,and Health Utilities Index(HUI)-Mark2/Mark3 scores,for the normal population and chronic liver disease patients.METHODS A systematic literature search of PubMed and MEDLINE,including the Cochrane Library,was performed.Meta-analysis was performed using the RevMan software.Multiple means and standard deviations were combined using the StatsToDo online web program.RESULTS The EQ-5D-5L and SF-36 can be used for health utility evaluations during antiviral therapy for hepatitis C.HUI-Mark2/Mark3 indicated that the health utility scores of hepatitis B patients are roughly 30% better than those of hepatitis C patients.CONCLUSION The EQ-5D-5L is the most popular questionnaire for health utility assessments.Health assessments that allow free registration would be useful for evaluating health utility in patients with liver disease.