Nan Luo1, Xingzhi Wang2, Marcus Ang3, Eric A Finkelstein4, Tin Aung5, Tien-Yin Wong5, Ecosse Lamoureux6. 1. Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Singapore. Electronic address: ephln@nus.edu.sg. 2. Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Singapore. 3. Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore National Eye Centre, Singapore. 4. Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore. 5. Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore National Eye Centre, Singapore; Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore; Department of Ophthalmology, National University Health System and National University of Singapore, Singapore. 6. Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore National Eye Centre, Singapore; Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore; Department of Ophthalmology, National University Health System and National University of Singapore, Singapore; Centre for Eye Research Australia, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Recently, a vision "bolt-on" EuroQol five-dimensional questionnaire (EQ-5D) was developed and tentative utility values (i.e., a "value set") for this new descriptive system were estimated. OBJECTIVES: To compare the discriminatory power of this bolt-on and standard utility-based EQ-5D health indices. METHODS: Cross-sectional data on the (3-level) vision bolt-on EQ-5D were collected through face-to-face interviews with 500 and 336 individuals with and without visual impairment, respectively. To assess the discriminatory power of the vision bolt-on index relative to the standard EQ-5D index developed in the vision bolt-on valuation study, 16 pairs of mutually exclusive subgroups of individuals defined by the individuals' visual acuity and responses to the 14-item visual function questionnaire were compared pairwise. The absolute mean difference in the two index scores and the corresponding F statistic derived from the comparisons were used as measures of discriminatory power. RESULTS: The absolute mean difference in the bolt-on index score was larger than that in the standard EQ-5D index score in 14 of the 16 comparisons. The bolt-on index score exhibited a larger F-statistic value than did the standard EQ-5D index score in all known-group comparisons, with the F-statistic ratio ranging from 0.415 to 0.770. CONCLUSIONS: The vision bolt-on EQ-5D appears to be more discriminative than the standard EQ-5D in measurement of vision problems. Future studies should investigate the extent to which the vision bolt-on item can increase the sensitivity of the EQ-5D to vision change in interventional studies.
BACKGROUND: Recently, a vision "bolt-on" EuroQol five-dimensional questionnaire (EQ-5D) was developed and tentative utility values (i.e., a "value set") for this new descriptive system were estimated. OBJECTIVES: To compare the discriminatory power of this bolt-on and standard utility-based EQ-5D health indices. METHODS: Cross-sectional data on the (3-level) vision bolt-on EQ-5D were collected through face-to-face interviews with 500 and 336 individuals with and without visual impairment, respectively. To assess the discriminatory power of the vision bolt-on index relative to the standard EQ-5D index developed in the vision bolt-on valuation study, 16 pairs of mutually exclusive subgroups of individuals defined by the individuals' visual acuity and responses to the 14-item visual function questionnaire were compared pairwise. The absolute mean difference in the two index scores and the corresponding F statistic derived from the comparisons were used as measures of discriminatory power. RESULTS: The absolute mean difference in the bolt-on index score was larger than that in the standard EQ-5D index score in 14 of the 16 comparisons. The bolt-on index score exhibited a larger F-statistic value than did the standard EQ-5D index score in all known-group comparisons, with the F-statistic ratio ranging from 0.415 to 0.770. CONCLUSIONS: The vision bolt-on EQ-5D appears to be more discriminative than the standard EQ-5D in measurement of vision problems. Future studies should investigate the extent to which the vision bolt-on item can increase the sensitivity of the EQ-5D to vision change in interventional studies.
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