The health-related quality of life in Iranian patients with COVID-19

BMC Infectious Diseases

Cyrus Alinia¹  Sima Pourteimour²  Hossein Safari³  Safura Yaghmaei⁴  Asad Ahmadi⁵  Hassan Mahmoodi⁵  Bakhtiar Piroozi⁵  Ghobad Moradi⁵  Farman Zahir Abdullah⁶  Nasrin Samadi⁷ 

[1] Department of Health Management and Economics, School of Public Health, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran;Department of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran;Health Promotion Research Center, Iran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran;Nursing Care Research Center, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran;Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Research Institute for Health Development, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran;Special Education Department, College of Education and Language, Charmo University, Chamchamal, Kurdistan Region, Iraq;Student Research Committee, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran;

关键词: COVID-19;    Health-related quality of life;    Utility value;    Disease disutility;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12879-021-06170-z

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundCOVID-19 is a public health emergency with a high mortality rate and it reduces the patient’s Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) significantly. This effect is measured in the current study.MethodsIn a cross-sectional study in Iran, 320 randomly selected treated patients from COVID-19 were studied. To collect the required data, we applied a questionnaire that included socio-demographic factors, clinical characteristics, and questions on the patients’ HRQoL. Time trade-off (TTO) approach was used to measure the lost HRQoL attributed to COVID-19. Besides, we applied a two-limit Tobit regression model to determine the effects of the socio-demographic factors on patients’ health utility and the visual analogue scale approach was used to estimate the perceived total current health status.ResultsThe overall mean (SE) and median (IQR) of the health utility values were 0.863 (0.01) and 0.909 (0.21) respectively. These values for the traders (those who were willing to lose a part of their remaining time of life to avoid the disease) were estimated at 0.793 (0.01) and 0.848 (0.17), respectively. The lowest amount of utility value belonged to the elderly (mean (SE) = 0.742 (0.04); median (IQR) = 0.765 (0.42)) and those living in rural areas (mean (SE)) = 0.804 (0.03); median (IQR) = 0.877 (0.30)). The univariate analysis showed that age, place of residence, and household size had a statistically significant effect on health utility. Moreover, findings of the regression analysis indicated that the participants’ age and hospitalization status were the key determinants of COVID-19 health utility value.ConclusionCOVID-19 is associated with a substantial and measurable decrease in HRQoL. This decline in HRQoL can be directly compared with that induced by systemic health states.

【 授权许可】

CC BY