测试2种替代时间权衡方法,用于评估儿童健康状况
Zhihao Yang1, Nancy J Devlin2, Kim Rand3
1Department of Health Services Management, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China; Center of Medicine Economics and Management Research, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China.
概括
新的护理人员 (CGTTO) 和滞后时间 (LTTO) 时间权衡方法对评估儿童健康状况有希望,为复合TTO (cTTO) 提供了替代方案. 需要对这些在健康经济学研究中的新方法进行进一步的研究.
科学领域:
- 卫生经济学 卫生经济学
- 患者报告的结果
- 儿科健康 儿科健康
背景情况:
- 对于EQ-5D-Y-3L健康状况的复合时间权衡 (cTTO) 值可能很高,可能会限制对轻度至中度疾病的敏感性.
- 需要使用替代方法来准确地捕捉儿童健康状况的价值.
研究的目的:
- 概念化和试点测试两个替代时间权衡 (TTO) 变体:照顾者TTO (CGTTO) 和延迟时间TTO (LTTO).
- 为了比较CGTTO和LTTO与cTTO的结果值,受访者反和任务完成时间.
- 检查受访者年龄和家长身份对TTO值的影响.
主要方法:
- 在中国收集了10个EQ-5D-Y-3L健康状况的CGTTO和LTTO数据.
- 将数据与同一健康状况的cTTO评估研究进行了比较.
- 分析了受访者反,任务完成时间,以及人口统计因素的影响.
主要成果:
- 304名参与者完成了这项研究.
- 复合TTO (cTTO) 在易于理解和区分方面获得了统计上更好的反.
- 与cTTO相比,滞后时间TTO (LTTO) 和照顾者TTO (CGTTO) 产生了较低的平均TTO值,在年龄和父母身份如何影响方法之间的值方面存在显著差异.
结论:
- 滞后时间TTO (LTTO) 和护理人员TTO (CGTTO) 显示出有利的特征,需要进一步研究来评估儿童的健康状况.
- 研究人员在为儿科患者使用TTO方法时,应考虑方法上的差异和由此产生的价值变化.
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