A Comparison of the Health Utilities Indices Mark 2 and Mark 3 in Type 2 Diabetes

Sheri L. Maddigan, David Feeny and Jeffrey A. Johnson

Medical Decision Making, 2003, vol. 23, issue 6, 489-501

Abstract: Purpose. Past research into health-related quality of life (HRQL) in diabetes using preference-based measures, such as the Health Utilities Index Mark 2 (HUI2) or the Health Utilities Index Mark 3 (HUI3), is sparse. Important differences between the HUI2 and HUI3 could lead to differences in their abilities to capture HRQL deficits in type 2 diabetes. This analysis compared the extent to which the HUI2 and HUI3 detect differences associated with varying levels of disease severity or advancement in type 2 diabetes. Methods. This analysis was conducted as part of using baseline, crosssectional data from a larger, prospective, controlled study of an intervention to improve care for individualswith type 2 diabetes in ruralcommunities in Alberta, Canada. The HUI2 and HUI3were self-administered to 372 community-dwelling individuals with type 2 diabetes. Results. Relative to HUI2 scores, larger differences in overall HUI3 scores were seen forcomparisons for individuals presumed to have more advanced disease. The pain attribute of the HUI3 categorized a larger proportion of individuals as moderately to severely impaired (41.5% v. 24.2%,P

Date: 2003
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DOI: 10.1177/0272989X03258438

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