Comparison of Preference-Based Utilities of the Short-Form 36 Health Survey and Health Utilities Index before and after Treatment of Patients with Intermittent Claudication

Johanna L. Bosch, Elkan F. Halpern and G. Scott Gazelle
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Johanna L. Bosch: Decision Analysis and Technology Assessment Group, Department of Radiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Elkan F. Halpern: Decision Analysis and Technology Assessment Group, Department of Radiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
G. Scott Gazelle: Decision Analysis and Technology Assessment Group, Department of Radiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and the Department of Health Policy and Management

Medical Decision Making, 2002, vol. 22, issue 5, 403-409

Abstract: The authors compared SF-36 utilities with Health Utilities Index (HUI) utilities (HUI2 and HUI3) assessed in patients with intermittent claudication. A total of 87 patients with intermittent claudication completed the SF-36 and HUI before and 1, 3, and 12 months after revascularization. Utilities were estimated using SF-36 and HUI published algorithms (i.e., both algorithms were based on standard-gamble utilities assessed in random samples of the general population). The utilities were compared using repeated-measures multivariate analysis of variance, paired t tests, and univariate linear regression analyses. Before treatment, the mean SF-36 and HUI3 utilities were the same (0.66 vs. 0.66 , P = 0.92) and less than the mean HUI2 utility (0.70 , P = 0.02). After treatment, all utilities showed improvement from before treatment (P

Keywords: health status; utilities; quality of life; Short-Form 36 Health Survey; Health Utilities Index; intermittent claudication; peripheral vascular disease (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002
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DOI: 10.1177/027298902236928

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