Henry Bailey1,2,3, Mathieu F Janssen4, Althea La Foucade5,6, Girjanauth Boodraj7, Marjorie Wharton8, Philip Castillo9. 1. Department of Economics, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago. hhbailey@gmail.com. 2. HEU, Centre for Health Economics, The University of The West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago. hhbailey@gmail.com. 3. Arthur Lok Jack Global School of Business, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago. hhbailey@gmail.com. 4. Section Medical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Department of Psychiatry, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. 5. Department of Economics, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago. 6. HEU, Centre for Health Economics, The University of The West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago. 7. University of Technology, Kingston, Jamaica. 8. Sagicor Cave Hill School of Business and Management, The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Cave Hill, Barbados. 9. University of Belize, Belmopan, Belize.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The EQ-5D instrument is increasingly used in clinical and resource allocation decision making in developed and developing countries. EQ-5D valuation and population norms studies have been undertaken for Trinidad and Tobago, however no population norms or value sets have been generated for the other Caribbean countries. The aims of this study were to provide population norms for Barbados and Jamaica, and to develop a set of population norms that could be used by the other English-speaking Caribbean countries. METHODS: The EQ-5D-5L self-reported health questionnaire was included in surveys of representative samples of adults in Barbados and adults in Jamaica in 2013. EQ-5D health states, mean EQ VAS scores and mean EQ-5D-5L index values (using the Trinidad and Tobago value set) were calculated for demographic groups in both countries based on 2347 respondents from Barbados and 1423 from Jamaica. A set of 'Caribbean' norms were developed by combining the Barbados and Jamaica data with norms recently published for Trinidad and Tobago. RESULTS: Data were obtained for 2347 and 1423 respondents in Barbados and Jamaica respectively. The mean index and EQ VAS values were 0.943 and 81.9 for Barbados, and 0.948 and 87.8 for Jamaica. The health states most commonly observed in the two countries were similar. Generally the demographic patterns of self-reported health were consistent with those found in other studies. Some differences between the countries were observed in the patterns of rates of reporting problems on the EQ-5D dimensions among age-gender groups specifically for anxiety/depression and pain/discomfort CONCLUSION: This study has produced a set of EQ-5D population norms that can be used as base-line values in clinical and clinico-economic analyses for Barbados and Jamaica and for the English-Speaking Caribbean region.
BACKGROUND: The EQ-5D instrument is increasingly used in clinical and resource allocation decision making in developed and developing countries. EQ-5D valuation and population norms studies have been undertaken for Trinidad and Tobago, however no population norms or value sets have been generated for the other Caribbean countries. The aims of this study were to provide population norms for Barbados and Jamaica, and to develop a set of population norms that could be used by the other English-speaking Caribbean countries. METHODS: The EQ-5D-5L self-reported health questionnaire was included in surveys of representative samples of adults in Barbados and adults in Jamaica in 2013. EQ-5D health states, mean EQ VAS scores and mean EQ-5D-5L index values (using the Trinidad and Tobago value set) were calculated for demographic groups in both countries based on 2347 respondents from Barbados and 1423 from Jamaica. A set of 'Caribbean' norms were developed by combining the Barbados and Jamaica data with norms recently published for Trinidad and Tobago. RESULTS: Data were obtained for 2347 and 1423 respondents in Barbados and Jamaica respectively. The mean index and EQ VAS values were 0.943 and 81.9 for Barbados, and 0.948 and 87.8 for Jamaica. The health states most commonly observed in the two countries were similar. Generally the demographic patterns of self-reported health were consistent with those found in other studies. Some differences between the countries were observed in the patterns of rates of reporting problems on the EQ-5D dimensions among age-gender groups specifically for anxiety/depression and pain/discomfort CONCLUSION: This study has produced a set of EQ-5D population norms that can be used as base-line values in clinical and clinico-economic analyses for Barbados and Jamaica and for the English-Speaking Caribbean region.
Authors: Barbara L Conner-Spady; Deborah A Marshall; Eric Bohm; Michael J Dunbar; Tom W Noseworthy Journal: Qual Life Res Date: 2018-02-08 Impact factor: 4.147
Authors: Dominik Golicki; Maciej Niewada; Anna Karlińska; Julia Buczek; Adam Kobayashi; M F Janssen; A Simon Pickard Journal: Qual Life Res Date: 2014-11-26 Impact factor: 4.147