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Mapping Short Warwick and Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale (SWEMWBS) to Recovering Quality of Life (ReQoL) to estimate health utilities

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
Background The Short Warwick and Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale (SWEMWBS) is a widely used non-preference-based measure of mental health in the UK. The primary aim of this paper is to construct an algorithm to translate the SWEMWBS scores to utilities ...
Anju Devianee Keetharuth, Laura A. Gray, Ellen McGrane, Hannah Worboys, Giovany Orozco-Leal   +4 more
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Compatibility measurement-based group decision making with interval fuzzy preference relations

Journal of Algorithms & Computational Technology, 2017
In this paper, we put forward a ratio-based compatibility degree between any two ]0,1[-valued interval numbers to measure how proximate they approach to each other.
Xue-Yang Zhang, Zhou J Wang
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Valuation of preference-based measures: can existing preference data be used to generate better estimates?

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 2018
Background Experimental studies to develop valuations of health state descriptive systems like EQ-5D or SF-6D need to be conducted in different countries, because social and cultural differences are likely to lead to systematically different valuations ...
Samer A. Kharroubi
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The Role of Condition-Specific Preference-Based Measures in Health Technology Assessment [PDF]

PharmacoEconomics, 2017
A condition-specific preference-based measure (CSPBM) is a measure of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) that is specific to a certain condition or disease and that can be used to obtain the quality adjustment weight of the quality-adjusted life-year (QALY) for use in economic models.
Rowen, D.L., Brazier, J., Ara, R., Azzabi Zouraq, I.   +3 more
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Unheard and Under‐Supported: Health‐Related Quality of Life in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults With Sickle Cell Disease

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an autosomal recessive hemoglobinopathy affecting millions of individuals worldwide. The clinical expression and psychosocial burden of SCD vary widely across geographical, cultural, and healthcare system contexts, underscoring the need for setting‐specific approaches to assessment.
Desiré Fantasia, Giulia Reggiani, Elizabeth J. Maran, Maria Elisa Delle Fave, Ilaria Baido, Anna Chiara Frigo, Maria Paola Boaro, Raffaella Colombatti   +7 more
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The Role of Trait and State Absorption in the Enjoyment of Music. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2016
Little is known about the role of state versus trait characteristics on our enjoyment of music. The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of state and trait absorption upon preference for music, particularly preference for music that evokes ...
Sarah E Hall, Emery Schubert, Sarah J Wilson   +2 more
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Generic Preference-based Measures for Low Back Pain [PDF]

SPINE, 2016
Systematic review.This systematic review examines validity and responsiveness of three generic preference-based measures in patients with low back pain (LBP).LBP is a very common incapacitating disease with a significant impact on health-related quality of life (HRQoL).
Finch, A, Dritsaki, M, Jommi, C
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Imaging of High‐Risk Neuroblastoma: Recommendations From SIOPEN Radiology and Nuclear Medicine Specialty Committees

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Neuroblastoma is the most common extracranial solid tumor in early childhood. Its clinical behavior is highly variable, ranging from spontaneous regression to fatal outcome despite intensive treatment. The International Society of Pediatric Oncology Europe Neuroblastoma Group (SIOPEN) Radiology and Nuclear Medicine Specialty Committees ...
Annemieke Littooij, Catia Olianti, Herve Brisse, Pier Luigi Di Paolo, Maria Garganese, Tejas Kapadia, Jurgen Schaefer, Hugh Wallace, Simon Wan, Bart de Keizer, Irmina Sefic Pasic, Julian Rogasch   +11 more
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Comparison of four value sets derived using different TTO and DCE approaches: application to the new region-specific PBM, AP-7D

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
Background AP-7D is a newly developed preference-based measure (PBM) in East and Southeast Asia. However, no value set has been established yet. Comparison of the characteristics of value sets obtained by different methods is necessary to consider the ...
Takeru Shiroiwa, Tatsunori Murata, Yasuhiro Morii, Eri Hoshino, Takashi Fukuda   +4 more
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Bayesian nonparametric estimation of EQ-5D utilities for United States using the existing United Kingdom data

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 2017
Background Valuations of health state descriptors such as EQ-5D or SF6D have been conducted in different countries. There is a scope to make use of the results in one country as informative priors to help with the analysis of a study in another, for this
Samer A. Kharroubi
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