A comparison of the responsiveness of EQ-5D-5L and the QOLIE-31P and mapping of QOLIE-31P to EQ-5D-5L in epilepsy

Wijnen, Ben F.M., Mosweu, Iris, Majoie, Marian H.J.M., Ridsdale, Leone, de Kinderen, Reina J.A., Evers, Silvia M.A.A. and McCrone, Paul (2018) A comparison of the responsiveness of EQ-5D-5L and the QOLIE-31P and mapping of QOLIE-31P to EQ-5D-5L in epilepsy. European Journal of Health Economics, 19 (6). 861 - 870. ISSN 1618-7598

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Objective: To investigate the responsiveness of and correlation between the EQ-5D-5L and the QOLIE-31P in patients with epilepsy, and develop a mapping function to predict EQ-5D-5L values based on the QOLIE-31P for use in economic evaluations. Methods: The dataset was derived from two clinical trials, the ZMILE study in the Netherlands and the SMILE study in the UK. In both studies, patients’ quality of life using the EQ-5D-5L and QOLIE-31P was measured at baseline and 12 months follow-up. Spearman’s correlations, effect sizes (EF) and standardized response means (SRM) were calculated for both the EQ-5D-5L and QOLIE-31P domains and sub scores. Mapping functions were derived using ordinary least square (OLS) and censored least absolute deviations models. Results: A total of 509 patients were included in this study. Low to moderately strong significant correlations were found between both instruments. The EQ-5D-5L showed high ceiling effects and small EFs and SRMs, whereas the QOLIE-31P did not show ceiling effects and also showed small to moderate EFs and SRMs. Results of the different mapping functions indicate that the highest adjusted R2 we were able to regress was 0.265 using an OLS model with squared terms, leading to a mean absolute error of 0.103. Conclusions: Results presented in this study emphasize the shortcomings of the EQ-5D-5L in epilepsy and the importance of the development of condition-specific preference-based instruments which can be used within the QALY framework. In addition, the usefulness of the constructed mapping function in economic evaluations is questionable.

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	https://www.springer.com/journal/10198
Additional Information:	© 2017 The Authors
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	R Medicine > RC Internal medicine
JEL classification:	D - Microeconomics > D6 - Welfare Economics > D61 - Allocative Efficiency; Cost-Benefit Analysis
Date Deposited:	17 Aug 2020 13:45
Last Modified:	27 Mar 2024 20:24
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/106170

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