Evangelos Kalaitzakis, Maria Benito de Valle, Monira Rahman, Björn Lindkvist, Einar Björnsson, Roger Chapman, Nick Kontodimopoulos
PURPOSE:
The chronic liver disease questionnaire (CLDQ) is a frequently used liver-specific quality of life instrument, but it does not provide information on preference-adjusted health status, which is essential for cost-utility analysis. We aimed to develop a mapping function deriving utilities from the CLDQ in primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC).
METHODS:
Short form-6D (SF-6D) utilities were calculated from SF-36 data collected in a recent prospective study in which unselected patients with PSC also completed the CLDQ ... please click here to read the abstract.
Quality of Life Research 2015 October 15
PURPOSE:
The chronic liver disease questionnaire (CLDQ) is a frequently used liver-specific quality of life instrument, but it does not provide information on preference-adjusted health status, which is essential for cost-utility analysis. We aimed to develop a mapping function deriving utilities from the CLDQ in primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC).
METHODS:
Short form-6D (SF-6D) utilities were calculated from SF-36 data collected in a recent prospective study in which unselected patients with PSC also completed the CLDQ ... please click here to read the abstract.
Quality of Life Research 2015 October 15
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