DISEASE ACTIVITY, QUALITY OF LIFE AND INDIRECT COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH ULCERATIVE COLITIS IN POLAND
Author(s)
Kawalec P, Stawowczyk E
Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to assess the indirect costs, health-related quality of life, and clinical characteristics of patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) measured by an UC disease activity index in Poland. METHODS: A questionnaire survey was conducted among patients with UC. The Patient Simple Clinical Colitis Activity Index (P-SCCAI) was used to assess disease activity and the modified Work Productivity and Activity Impairment Questionnaire was used to assess productivity loss. Demographic data (age, sex, work status, disease onset, place of living) were also collected. Quality of life was presented as utility calculated using the EQ-5D-3L questionnaire. Indirect costs were assessed using the human capital approach, and both absenteeism and presenteeism were taken into account. RESULTS: The analysis was performed based on the answers of 225 adult patients with UC CONCLUSIONS: UC reduces the quality of life of patients as well as their productivity associated both with absenteeism and presenteeism. The greater the disease activity, the greater the indirect costs and the lower the utility.
Conference/Value in Health Info
2016-10, ISPOR Europe 2016, Vienna, Austria
Value in Health, Vol. 19, No. 7 (November 2016)
Code
PSY60
Topic
Economic Evaluation
Topic Subcategory
Cost/Cost of Illness/Resource Use Studies
Disease
Systemic Disorders/Conditions