Ferreira Lara Noronha, Ferreira Pedro L, Pereira Luis N, Oppe Mark
School of Management, Hospitality and Tourism, University of the Algarve, Faro, Portugal,
Qual Life Res. 2014 Mar;23(2):425-30. doi: 10.1007/s11136-013-0488-4. Epub 2013 Aug 3.
The EQ-5D is a widely used preference-based measure. Normative data can be used as references to analyze the effects of healthcare, determine the burden of disease and enable regional or country comparisons. Population norms for the EQ-5D exist for other countries but have not been previously published for Portugal. The purpose of this study was to derive EQ-5D Portuguese population norms.
The EQ-5D was applied by phone interview to a random sample of the Portuguese general population (n = 1,500) stratified by age, gender and region. The Portuguese value set was used to derive the EQ-5D index.
Mean values were computed by gender and age groups, marital status, educational attainment, region and other variables to obtain the EQ-5D Portuguese norms. Health status declines with advancing age, and women reported worse health status than men. These results are similar to other EQ-5D population health studies.
This study provides Portuguese population health-related quality of life data measured by the EQ-5D that can be used as population norms. These norms can be used to inform Portuguese policy makers, health care professionals and researchers in issues related to health care policy and planning and quantification of treatment effects on health status.
EQ-5D是一种广泛使用的基于偏好的测量工具。规范性数据可作为参考，用于分析医疗保健的效果、确定疾病负担以及进行地区或国家间的比较。其他国家已存在EQ-5D的人群规范，但葡萄牙此前尚未公布。本研究的目的是得出EQ-5D葡萄牙人群规范。
通过电话访谈，将EQ-5D应用于按年龄、性别和地区分层的葡萄牙普通人群随机样本（n = 1,500）。使用葡萄牙赋值集得出EQ-5D指数。
按性别、年龄组、婚姻状况、教育程度、地区和其他变量计算均值，以获得EQ-5D葡萄牙规范。健康状况随年龄增长而下降，女性报告的健康状况比男性更差。这些结果与其他EQ-5D人群健康研究相似。
本研究提供了通过EQ-5D测量的与葡萄牙人群健康相关的生活质量数据，可作为人群规范。这些规范可用于为葡萄牙政策制定者、医疗保健专业人员和研究人员提供有关医疗保健政策和规划以及健康状况治疗效果量化等问题的信息。
