Automated Current Health Time-Trade-Off Assessments in Women's Health

Mar 1, 2002, 00:00
10.1046/j.1524-4733.2002.52102.x
https://www.valueinhealthjournal.com/article/S1098-3015(10)60015-0/fulltext
Title : Automated Current Health Time-Trade-Off Assessments in Women's Health
Citation : https://www.valueinhealthjournal.com/action/showCitFormats?pii=S1098-3015(10)60015-0&doi=10.1046/j.1524-4733.2002.52102.x
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Objective

To motivate the role for preference assessment in women's health and to report pilot data addressing the performance of automated time-trade-off (TTO) valuations of current health, which were developed to estimate quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) in the women's health setting.

Methods

Values for current health relative to perfect health and death were assessed using an annual time trade-off (1-year horizon and sleep as the trading metaphor), a lifetime time trade-off, and a visual analog scale (VAS). All instruments were administered twice within a 12- to 14-day window among a convenience sample of 27 women.

Results

Valuation of health was similar for both time trade-offs (mean of 0.95 for both), but was significantly lower for the VAS (mean of 0.84, Wilcoxon signed-rank p-value 0.001).

Conclusion

Automated time trade-offs for current health provide a promising approach for use in women's health studies where impact on QALYs must be measured. Natural areas of application include the economic evaluation of preventive interventions in postmenopausal women.

Categories :
  • Cost/Cost of Illness/Resource Use Studies
  • Cost-comparison, Effectiveness, Utility, Benefit Analysis
  • Economic Evaluation
  • Health State Utilities
  • Instrument Development, Validation, & Translation
  • Patient-Centered Research
  • Patient-reported Outcomes & Quality of Life Outcomes
  • Stated Preference & Patient Satisfaction
Tags :
  • cost-effectiveness
  • osteoporosis. quality-adjusted life years
  • utility
  • women's health
Regions :
  • North America
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