Assessing the validity and responsiveness of a generic preference quality of life measure in the context of posttraumatic stress disorder.
Qual Life Res
; 32(10): 2817-2827, 2023 Oct.
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| ID: mdl-37179519
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
There is limited research exploring the usefulness of generic preference-based quality of life (GPQoL) measures used to facilitate economic evaluation in the context of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The aim of the current study was to explore the validity and responsiveness of a common GPQoL measure (Assessment of Quality of Life 8 Dimension [AQoL-8D]) in relation to a PTSD condition-specific outcome measure (Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist for the DSM-5 [PCL-5]).METHOD:
This aim was investigated in a sample of individuals (N = 147) who received trauma-focused cognitive-behavioural therapies for posttraumatic stress disorder. Convergent validity was investigated using spearman's correlations, and the level of agreement was investigated using Bland-Altman plots. Responsiveness was investigated by exploring the standardised response means (SRM) from pre-post-treatment across the two measures, which allow the comparison of the magnitude of change between the measures over time.RESULTS:
Correlations between the AQoL-8D (dimensions, utility and summary total scores) and the PCL-5 total score ranged from small to large and agreement between the measures was considered moderate to good. While SRMs were large for the AQoL-8D and PCL-5 total scores, the SRM for the PCL-5 was nearly double that of the AQoL-8D.CONCLUSION:
Our findings demonstrate that the AQoL-8D has good construct validity but present preliminary evidence that economic evaluations using only GPQoL measures may not fully capture the effectiveness of PTSD treatments.Palavras-chave
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Temas:
ECOS
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Avaliacao_economica
Bases de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Qualidade de Vida
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Transtornos de Estresse Pós-Traumáticos
Aspecto:
Patient_preference
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Qual Life Res
Assunto da revista:
REABILITACAO
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TERAPEUTICA
Ano de publicação:
2023
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Austrália