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Valuing child and adolescent health: a qualitative study on different perspectives and priorities taken by the adult general public.
Powell, Philip A; Rowen, Donna; Rivero-Arias, Oliver; Tsuchiya, Aki; Brazier, John E.
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  • Powell PA; School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, Regent Court, 30 Regent Street, Sheffield, S1 4DA, UK. p.a.powell@sheffield.ac.uk.
  • Rowen D; School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, Regent Court, 30 Regent Street, Sheffield, S1 4DA, UK.
  • Rivero-Arias O; National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit (NPEU), Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
  • Tsuchiya A; School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, Regent Court, 30 Regent Street, Sheffield, S1 4DA, UK.
  • Brazier JE; Department of Economics, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
Health Qual Life Outcomes ; 19(1): 222, 2021 Sep 23.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34556133
BACKGROUND: Quantitative health preference research has shown that different "perspectives", defined here as who is imagined to be experiencing particular health states, impact stated preferences. This qualitative project aimed to elucidate this phenomenon, within the context of adults' valuation of child and adolescent health states. METHODS: Six focus groups with 30 members of the UK adult public were conducted between December 2019 and February 2020 and analysed using framework analysis. Each focus group had two stages. First, participants individually completed time trade-off tasks and a pairwise task (mirroring a discrete choice experiment without duration) for two EQ-5D-Y health states, assuming a series of perspectives: (a) themselves at current age; (b) another adult; (c) 10-year old child; (d) themselves as a 10-year old child. Second, a semi-structured discussion explored their responses. RESULTS: Participants' views were often heterogeneous, with some common themes. Qualitatively, participants expressed a different willingness to trade-off life years for a 10-year old child versus themselves or another adult, and this differed by the health profile and child imagined. The same health states were often viewed as having a different impact on utility for a 10-year old child than adults. Imagining a 10-year old child is difficult and there is variation in who is imagined. Participants found answering based on their own-adult perspective most acceptable. There were no strong preferences for prioritising child health over working-age adults' health. CONCLUSIONS: If an adult sample is used to value child- and adolescent-specific health states it is important to consider the perspective employed. Members of the adult public provide different responses when different perspectives are used due to differences in the perceived impact of the same health states. If adults are asked to imagine a child, we recommend that sampling is representative for parental status, since this can affect preferences.
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Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Qualidade de Vida / Nível de Saúde / Saúde da Criança / Saúde do Adolescente Tipo de estudo: Health_economic_evaluation / Prognostic_studies / Qualitative_research Limite: Adolescent / Adult / Child / Humans Idioma: En Revista: Health Qual Life Outcomes Assunto da revista: SAUDE PUBLICA Ano de publicação: 2021 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Qualidade de Vida / Nível de Saúde / Saúde da Criança / Saúde do Adolescente Tipo de estudo: Health_economic_evaluation / Prognostic_studies / Qualitative_research Limite: Adolescent / Adult / Child / Humans Idioma: En Revista: Health Qual Life Outcomes Assunto da revista: SAUDE PUBLICA Ano de publicação: 2021 Tipo de documento: Article