Health-related quality of life by disease and socio-economic group in the general population in Sweden
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Health-related quality of life by disease and socio-economic group in the general population in Sweden. / Burström, K; Johannesson, M; Diderichsen, Finn.
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T1 - Health-related quality of life by disease and socio-economic group in the general population in Sweden
AU - Burström, K
AU - Johannesson, M
AU - Diderichsen, Finn
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - Measuring health-related quality of life (HRQoL) on population level, is becoming increasingly important for priority setting in health policy. In the health economics field, it is common to measure HRQoL in terms of health-state utilities or QoL weights. This study investigates the feasibility of obtaining mean QoL weights by mapping survey data to the generic HRQoL measure EQ-5D and to describe the HRQoL in terms of mean QoL weights in certain disease and socio-economic groups. Data from the 1996-1997 Survey of Living Conditions, interviews with a representative sample (16-84 years) of the Swedish population (n=11 698) were used. The mean QoL weight decreased from 0.91 among the youngest to 0.61 among the oldest, and was lower for women than for men. The QoL weight was 0.88 in the highest socio-economic group and 0.78 in the lowest socio-economic group. The QoL weight was lowest (0.38) among persons with depression and highest among persons with hypertension (0.71). The QoL weight decreased from 0.95 for persons with very good global self-rated health to 0.20 for persons with very poor global self-rated health. The results support the feasibility and validity of the mapping approach. HRQoL varies greatly between socio-economic groups and different disease groups.
AB - Measuring health-related quality of life (HRQoL) on population level, is becoming increasingly important for priority setting in health policy. In the health economics field, it is common to measure HRQoL in terms of health-state utilities or QoL weights. This study investigates the feasibility of obtaining mean QoL weights by mapping survey data to the generic HRQoL measure EQ-5D and to describe the HRQoL in terms of mean QoL weights in certain disease and socio-economic groups. Data from the 1996-1997 Survey of Living Conditions, interviews with a representative sample (16-84 years) of the Swedish population (n=11 698) were used. The mean QoL weight decreased from 0.91 among the youngest to 0.61 among the oldest, and was lower for women than for men. The QoL weight was 0.88 in the highest socio-economic group and 0.78 in the lowest socio-economic group. The QoL weight was lowest (0.38) among persons with depression and highest among persons with hypertension (0.71). The QoL weight decreased from 0.95 for persons with very good global self-rated health to 0.20 for persons with very poor global self-rated health. The results support the feasibility and validity of the mapping approach. HRQoL varies greatly between socio-economic groups and different disease groups.
KW - Activities of Daily Living
KW - Adolescent
KW - Adult
KW - Aged
KW - Aged, 80 and over
KW - Feasibility Studies
KW - Female
KW - Health Status
KW - Humans
KW - Male
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Prevalence
KW - Quality of Life
KW - Questionnaires
KW - Regression Analysis
KW - Social Class
KW - Sweden
U2 - 10.1016/s0168-8510(00)00111-1
DO - 10.1016/s0168-8510(00)00111-1
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 11137188
VL - 55
SP - 51
EP - 69
JO - Health Policy
JF - Health Policy
SN - 0168-8510
IS - 1
ER -
ID: 167026