Health Services Management Department, Guizhou Medical University, No.9 Beijing Road, Guiyang, China.
Medical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Erasmus Medical Center, Wytemaweg, 80, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2018 Nov 8;16(1):210. doi: 10.1186/s12955-018-1036-2.
To generate Chinese population norms for the EQ-5D-5L dimensions, EQ-VAS (Visual Analogue Scale) scores and EQ-5D-5L index scores, stratified by gender and age. The EQ-5D is a widely used generic health-related quality of life instrument to describe population health and health outcomes in clinical trials and health economic evaluations. Currently, there are no EQ-5D-5L population norms for China.
This norm study utilized the data collected in an EQ-5D-5L valuation study in China between December 2012 and January 2013. In the valuation study, respondents were asked to report their own health states using the EQ-5D-5L descriptive system and the EQ-VAS. Respondents' demographic information was also collected. The EQ index score was calculated using the EQ-5D-5L value set based on the Chinese urban population. Norm scores were reported by important demographic variables.
The mean EQ-VAS scores ranged between 88.3 for males of < 19 years and 82.9 for females of 60-69 years. Contrary to other population studies, females reported higher EQ-VAS scores than males in every age group except for 20-29 years. The mean EQ-5D-5L index values ranged from 0.912 for females of > 70 years to 0.971 for females of 30-39 years. Respondents reported more problems in the dimensions 'pain/discomfort' and 'anxiety/depression' than in the dimensions 'mobility', 'self-care' and 'usual activities' in all age groups.
The population norm scores for the EQ-5D can be used as reference values for comparative purposes in future Chinese studies. Further research into rural and/or a more representative population is warranted.
生成 EQ-5D-5L 维度、EQ-VAS（视觉模拟量表）评分和 EQ-5D-5L 指数评分的中国人群常模，按性别和年龄分层。EQ-5D 是一种广泛用于描述临床试验和健康经济评估中人群健康和健康结果的通用健康相关生活质量工具。目前，中国尚无 EQ-5D-5L 人群常模。
本常模研究利用了 2012 年 12 月至 2013 年 1 月在中国进行的 EQ-5D-5L 估值研究中收集的数据。在估值研究中，要求受访者使用 EQ-5D-5L 描述性系统和 EQ-VAS 报告自己的健康状况。还收集了受访者的人口统计学信息。使用基于中国城市人口的 EQ-5D-5L 值集计算 EQ 指数得分。按重要人口统计学变量报告常模得分。
男性<19 岁的平均 EQ-VAS 评分为 88.3，女性 60-69 岁的平均 EQ-VAS 评分为 82.9。与其他人群研究相反，除 20-29 岁年龄组外，女性在每个年龄组的 EQ-VAS 评分均高于男性。女性>70 岁的平均 EQ-5D-5L 指数值为 0.912，女性 30-39 岁的平均 EQ-5D-5L 指数值为 0.971。所有年龄组的受访者在“疼痛/不适”和“焦虑/抑郁”维度上报告的问题多于“行动能力”、“自我护理”和“日常活动”维度。
EQ-5D 的人群常模得分可作为未来中国研究中进行比较的参考值。需要进一步研究农村和/或更具代表性的人群。
