Background: The Hungarian health technology assessment guidelines recommend the use of the EuroQol instrument family in quality-adjusted life-year calculations. However, no national value set exists for the EQ-5D-Y-3L or any other youth-specific instrument.
Objective: This study aims to develop a national value set of the EQ-5D-Y-3L for Hungary based on preferences of the general adult population.
Background: Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) scores are used in many countries as access and reimbursement criteria for costly dermatological treatments. In this study we examined how time trade-off (TTO) utility valuations made by individuals from the general population are related to combinations of DLQI severity levels characterizing dermatologically relevant health states, with the ultimate purpose of developing a value set for the DLQI.
Methods: We used data from an online cross-sectional survey conducted in Hungary in 2020 (n = 842 after sample exclusions).
IEI-EMF refers to a self-reported sensitivity characterized by attribution of non-specific physical symptoms to exposure to weak EMFs. The majority of empirical results do not support the existence of a causal relationship between EMF and IEI-EMF. However, this conclusion was drawn from environmental and experimental studies that are not without methodological limitations.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: The wording of the Hungarian EQ-5D-3L and EQ-5D-5L descriptive systems differ a great deal. This study aimed to (1) develop EQ-5D-3L and EQ-5D-5L value sets for Hungary from a common sample, and (2) compare how level wording affected valuations.
Methods: In 2018 to 2019, 1000 respondents, representative of the Hungarian general population, completed composite time trade-off tasks.
Objectives: In a growing number of countries, patient involvement in medical decisions is considered a cornerstone of broader health policy agendas. This study seeks to explore public preferences for and experiences with participation in treatment decisions in Hungary.
Methods: A nationally representative online panel survey was conducted in 2019.
To assess the prevalence of intuitive decision-making (IDM) among health care practitioners (HCPs) and explore its person- and job-specific factors. We used on-line survey data from a cross-sectional sample of Hungarian physicians and nurses ( = 460) to assess their reliance on IDM. In a second survey we asked physicians ( = 104) to rate medical specialties on dimensions of 'emergency' (necessity of making instantaneous decisions in unforeseeable situations) and 'complexity' (necessity of considering multiple perceptual and diagnostic aspects of patients' health condition along with diverse treatment options).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: In patients with Crohn's disease (CD), luminal disease activity paralleled by perianal fistulas may seriously impair health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Health utility values are not available from patients with CD that reflect the health loss associated with both luminal and perianal CD.
Objective: To generate utilities for luminal and concomitant perianal fistulising CD health states directly from patients and from members of the general public.
Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) is the most commonly applied measure of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in psoriasis patients. It is among defining criteria of moderate-to-severe psoriasis and present in treatment guidelines. Our objective was to estimate preference-based HRQoL values (i.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPrimary dysmenorrhea (PD), or painful menstruation in the absence of identified uterine pathology, affects 5 to 9 in every 10 reproductive-aged women. Despite its high prevalence, just a few studies with very small patient numbers have focused on health-related quality of life impairment in PD. We aimed to assess health-related quality of life values for a severe and a mild hypothetical PD health state using 10-year time trade-off and willingness-to-pay methods.
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