Centre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation, University of Technology, Sydney, New South Wales.
Aust N Z J Public Health. 2013 Feb;37(1):17-23. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.12005.
To investigate population health-related quality of life norms in an Australian general sample by age, gender, BMI, education and socioeconomic status.
The SF-36 was included in the 2009/10 wave of the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey (n=17,630 individuals across 7,234 households), and converted into SF-6D utility scores. Trends across the various population subgroups were investigated employing population weights to ensure a balanced panel, and were all sub-stratified by gender.
SF-6D scores decline with age beyond 40 years, with decreasing education and by higher levels of socioeconomic disadvantage. Scores were also lower at very low and very high BMI levels. Males reported higher SF-6D scores than females across most analyses.
This study reports Australian population utility data measured using the SF-6D, based on a national representative sample. These results can be used in a range of policy settings such as cost-utility analysis or exploration of health-related inequality. In general, the patterns are similar to those reported using other multi-attribute utility instruments and in different countries.
通过年龄、性别、BMI、教育程度和社会经济地位，调查澳大利亚一般样本的与人群健康相关的生活质量标准。
SF-36 包含在 2009/10 年澳大利亚家庭、收入和劳动力动态调查（HILDA）的第 7 波和 2340 户家庭中（共有 7630 人），并转换为 SF-6D 效用评分。通过使用人口权重来确保均衡面板，对不同人群亚组的趋势进行了调查，所有亚组都按性别进行了细分。
SF-6D 评分在 40 岁以后随年龄增长而下降，随着教育程度的降低和社会经济劣势程度的增加而下降。在非常低和非常高的 BMI 水平下，评分也较低。在大多数分析中，男性报告的 SF-6D 评分高于女性。
本研究报告了基于全国代表性样本的使用 SF-6D 测量的澳大利亚人群效用数据。这些结果可用于多种政策环境，例如成本效用分析或对与健康相关的不平等的探索。一般来说，这些模式与使用其他多属性效用工具和不同国家报告的模式相似。
