HEALTH RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE IN PATIENTS RECEIVING HOME ENTERAL NUTRITION IN SPAIN ASSESSED BY A SPECIFIC QUESTIONNAIRE- NUTRIQOL®
Author(s)
Apezetxea A1, Cuerda C2, Virgili N3, Irles JA4, Cuesta F5, Casanueva F6, Carrillo L7, Layola M8, Lizán L9
1Hospital Basurto, Bilbao, Spain, 2Hospital Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, 3Hospital Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, 4Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Valme, Sevilla, Spain, 5Hospital San Carlos, Madrid, Spain, 6Hospital Universitario Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 7Centro de Salud Victoria de Acentejo, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, 8Nestle health science, Barcelona, Spain, 9Outcomes'10, Castellon, Spain
OBJECTIVES To assess Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) in patients receiving Home Enteral Nutrition (HEN) using NutriQoL® questionnaire in Spain. METHODS NutriQoL®, a specific questionnaire, developed and validated in Spain, for the assessment of HRQoL of patients receiving HEN regardless of the underlying condition was administered to a prospective cohort from 9 Spanish hospitals. It includes 17 pairs of items of HEN-related HRQoL grouped in two dimensions: 1) physical functioning and activities of daily living; 2) social life aspects, scoring from -51 (worst HRQoL) to 51 (best HRQoL). Cluster analysis using k-means identified groups of patients with similar HRQoL. RESULTS A total of
Conference/Value in Health Info
2014-11, ISPOR Europe 2014, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Value in Health, Vol. 17, No. 7 (November 2014)
Code
PIH81
Topic
Patient-Centered Research
Topic Subcategory
Patient-reported Outcomes & Quality of Life Outcomes
Disease
Multiple Diseases, Reproductive and Sexual Health