Examining the incremental impact of long-standing health conditions on subjective well-being alongside the EQ-5D

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Joanna Blackburn¹  Christine Smith²  Cindy Cooper¹  Clare Relton¹  John Brazier¹  Mengjun Wu³ 

[1] School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, Regent Court, 30 Regent Street, Sheffield S1 4DA, UK;Research and Development, Barnsley Hospital NFT, Gawber Road, Barnsley S75 2EP, UK;Institute of Mental Health, University of Nottingham, Innovation Park, Jubilee Campus, Triumph Road, Nottingham NG7 2TU, UK

关键词: Life satisfaction;    Subjective well-being;    Long-standing health conditions;    EQ-5D;   

Others  :  814899
DOI  :  10.1186/1477-7525-12-61

 received in 2013-11-19, accepted in 2014-04-17,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Background

Generic preference-based measures such as the EQ-5D and SF-6D have been criticised for being narrowly focused on a sub-set of dimensions of health. Our study aims to explore whether long-standing health conditions have an incremental impact on subjective well-being alongside the EQ-5D.

Methods

Using data from the South Yorkshire Cohort study (N = 13,591) collected between 2010 and 2012 on the EQ-5D, long-standing health conditions (self-reported), and subjective well-being measure – life satisfaction using a response scale from 0 (completely dissatisfied) to 10 (completely satisfied), we employed generalised logit regression models. We assessed the impact of EQ-5D and long-standing health conditions together on life satisfaction by examining the size and significance of their estimated odds ratios.

Results

The EQ-5D had a significant association with life satisfaction, in which anxiety/depression and then self-care had the largest weights. Some long-standing health conditions were significant in some models, but most did not have an independent impact on life satisfaction. Overall, none of the health conditions had a consistent impact on life satisfaction alongside the EQ-5D.

Conclusions

Out study suggests that the impact of long-standing health conditions on life satisfaction is adequately captured by the EQ-5D, although the findings are limited by reliance on self-reported conditions and a single item life satisfaction measure.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Wu et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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