DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF A CROSSWALK BETWEEN THE EQ-5D-5L AND MENOPAUSE-SPECIFIC QUALITY OF LIFE (MENQOL) QUESTIONNAIRE IN POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN

Author(s)

Bushmakin AG1, Tatlock S2, Williamson N2, Moffatt M3, Arbuckle R2, Abraham L4, Coon C5
1Pfizer Inc, Groton, CT, USA, 2Adelphi Values Ltd, Bollington, UK, 3Pfizer Inc, New York, NY, USA, 4Pfizer, Ltd., Walton Oaks, UK, 5Outcometrix, Tucson, AZ, USA

OBJECTIVES: Postmenopausal (PM) women taking hormone therapies (HT) can experience side effects (breast pain/vaginal bleeding), impacting quality of life and increasing likelihood of discontinuation. The sensitivity of the EQ-5D-5L in PM women on HT is unknown. The purpose of this research was to develop a crosswalk between scores from the Menopause-Specific Quality of Life questionnaire (MENQOL) and EQ-5D-5L and assess sensitivity. METHODS: The MENQOL and EQ-5D-5L were co-administered to 351 PM women in an observational, non-interventional study. Total MENQOL scores were mapped onto EQ-5D-5L utilities using repeated measures regression (RMM) with MENQOL scores as a continuous predictor. The predictability, goodness-of-fit and signs of the estimated coefficients were assessed in sensitivity analyses using averaged scores over time in an Ordinary Least-Square regression (OLS)  and using MENQOL scores as a categorical predictor in a RMM. RESULTS: The sample consisted of n=276 PM women (n=202 on HT, side effects; n=74 on HT, no side effects; n=75 not on HT). Mean age was 53.7 (SD 6.6) years. The main model (employing MENQOL total score as a continuous variable), showed sizable and significant correlation with the EQ-5D-5L (-0.589; P<.001) and a relationship of EQ-5D-5L=0.992-0.042×MENQOL. EQ-5D-5L mean scores (on HT, side effects= 0.854 [SD 0.12]; on HT, no side effects=0.927 [SD 0.11]; not on HT=0.836 [SD 0.11]) were comparable to those estimated in the main model (on HT, side effects=0.865 [SD 0.07]; on HT, no side effects=0.909 [SD 0.05]; not on HT=0.833 [SD 0.06]) on a scale of -0.11 to 1. Linearity assumptions were supported by RMM with MENQOL scores as a categorical predictor. Goodness-of-fit was moderate (R=0.347; Root mean squared error=0.093) using OLS with averaged scores over time. CONCLUSIONS: The crosswalk performed in this study supports conversion of MENQOL scores to EQ-5D-5L derived health utilities and can be used for group-level analyses of utilities in PM women.

Conference/Value in Health Info

2016-05, ISPOR 2016, Washington DC, USA

Value in Health, Vol. 19, No. 3 (May 2016)

Code

PIH39

Topic

Patient-Centered Research

Topic Subcategory

Health State Utilities

Disease

Geriatrics, Reproductive and Sexual Health

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