tailieunhanh - báo cáo hóa học: " Relationship between the EQ-5D index and measures of clinical outcomes in selected studies of cardiovascular interventions"

Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về sinh học được đăng trên tạp chí hóa học quốc tế đề tài : Relationship between the EQ-5D index and measures of clinical outcomes in selected studies of cardiovascular interventions | BioMed Central Health and Quality of Life Outcomes Research Relationship between the EQ-5D index and measures of clinical outcomes in selected studies of cardiovascular interventions Kimberley A Goldsmith1 2 3 Matthew T Dyer4 5 Peter M Schofield1 Martin J Buxton4 and Linda D Sharpies 1 2 Address 1Papworth Hospital NHS Trust Cambridge UK 2MRC Biostatistics Unit Institute of Public Health Cambridge UK institute of Psychiatry King s College London UK 4Health Economics Research Group Brunel University Uxbridge UK and 5National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health The Royal College of Psychiatrists UK Email Kimberley A Goldsmith - Matthew T Dyer - mdyer@ Peter M Schofield - Martin J Buxton - Linda D Sharples - Corresponding author Open Access Published 26 November 2009 Received 5 June 2009 I. J z . z z - . J. r Accepted 26 November 2009 Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2009 7 96 doi 1477-7525-7-96 This article is available from http content 7 1 96 2009 Goldsmith et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background The EuroQoL 5D EQ-5D has been widely used in studies of cardiac disease but its measurement properties in this group are not well established. The study aimed to quantify the relationship between measures commonly used in studies of cardiac disease and the EQ-5D index across different levels of disease severity. Methods Patient-level data from 7 studies of cardiac interventions were used which included randomised trials and observational studies. Relationships between the EQ-5D index and commonly used cardiac measures Canadian .