Validity and internal consistency of EQ-5D-3L quality of life tool among pre-dialysis patients with chronic kidney disease in Sri Lanka, a lower middle-income country

Sameera Senanayake, P K B Mahesh, Nalika Gunawardena, Nicholas Graves and Sanjeewa Kularatna

PLOS ONE, 2019, vol. 14, issue 6, 1-11

Abstract: Objective: EQ-5D-3L is a generic QOL tool used mainly in economic evaluations. Burden of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is rising in Sri Lanka. Assessing the validity of generic QOL tools creates new opportunities of their utilization among patients with CKD. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 1036 CKD patients, selected using the simple random sampling technique. The validity was tested with six a-priori hypotheses. These included construct validity assessments, evaluating convergent validity and performing known group comparisons. EQ-5D-3L, Short Form-36 (SF-36) were used to assess QOL. Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D-20) and General Health Questionnaire-12 (GHQ-12) were used to assess the presence of depression and psychological distress respectively. Internal consistency of the whole tool and when each item is removed was assessed by Cronbach alpha. Results: The response rate was 99.2%. Majority of participants were males (n = 646,62.4%) in the age category of 41–60 (n = 530; 51.2%). Most were in either stage 4 or 5 of CKD (n = 646,75.1%). The summary measures of SF-36, positively and significantly correlated with the EQ-5D-3L index and VAS scores (p

Date: 2019
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