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Mapping algorithms from QLQ-C30 to EQ-5D utilities: no firm ground to stand on yet
11IRSS, Université Catholique de Louvain, Clos Chapelle aux Champs 30 bte 30.15, 1200, Brussels, Belgium.
Aim:
Over the last years several mapping or cross-walking algorithms for deriving utilities from QLQ-C30 scores have been published. However their external predictive accuracy has not yet been systematically compared.
Methods:
We tested the external validity of previously published mapping algorithms to transform the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer QLQ-C30 questionnaire responses to EQ-5D derived Utilities.
Results:
When applied to different data sets, the currently published mapping showed a large variation between algorithms of the values of the mapped utilities, a low accuracy of the mapping compared to the observed EQ-5D utilities and no consistent performance between competing algorithms.
Discussion:
Therefore direct mapping from QLQ-C30 profiles to EQ-5D utilities using published algorithms should be viewed cautiously.
