A new SF-6Dv2 value set based on a hybrid model using SG, cTTO, and DCE data.

Objective: To develop a value set for the Short-Form 6-Dimension version 2 (SF-6Dv2) by incorporating societal preferences obtained from three distinct approaches: Standard Gamble (SG), composite Time Trade-Off (cTTO), and Discrete Choice Experiment (DCE).

Methods: Data were gathered from the general population of Quebec, Canada, using the standardized valuation protocol developed by EuroQol for the cTTO and DCE tasks, as well as the valuation protocol developed by Sheffield University for the SG. The SG and cTTO data were analyzed using OLS, GLS, GLS Tobit, and heteroskedastic Tobit models.

Assessing the Direct Impact of Death on Discrete Choice Experiment Utilities.

Background: The dead state can affect the value sets derived from discrete choice experiments (DCEs). Our aim was to empirically assess the direct impact of the immediate death state on health utilities using discrete choice experiment with time (DCE).

Methods: A sample of the general population in Quebec, Canada, completed two approaches: DCE followed by a best-worst scaling with time (BWS) (hereafter referred to as DCE), versus DCE followed by the dominated option and the immediate death state (hereafter referred to as DCE), both designed with the SF-6Dv2.

Valuing SF-6Dv2 Using a Discrete Choice Experiment in a General Population in Quebec, Canada.

Background: An updated version of the Short-Form 6-Dimension (SF-6D) Classification System has been developed. This new version (SF-6Dv2) with improved consistency and dimension descriptors is now requiring the development of new utility value sets. The aim of this study was to estimate an SF-6Dv2 value set from a general population in Quebec, Canada.

Quebec Health-Related Quality-of-Life Population Norms Using the Health Utilities Index Mark 3: Stratification by Sociodemographic Data and Health Problems.

Objectives: To provide population utility norms from the Health Utilities Index Mark 3 (HUI3) for the province of Quebec, Canada.

Methods: This study used data from the Care Trajectories Enriched Data (TorSaDE) cohort, which combines data from the Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) and the Quebec Provincial Insurance Board [Régie de l'assurance maladie du Quebec (RAMQ)]. The CCHS is a multiround health-related survey conducted by Statistics Canada since 2007.

How patient-reported outcomes and experience measures (PROMs and PREMs) are implemented in healthcare professional and patient organizations? An environmental scan.

Background: Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) and patient-reported experience measures (PREMs) are becoming essential parts of a learning health system, and using these measures is a promising approach for value-based healthcare. However, evidence regarding healthcare professional and patient organizations' knowledge, use and perception of PROMs and PREMs is lacking.

Objectives: The objectives of the study were to: 1- Describe the current knowledge and use of PROMs and PREMs by healthcare professional and patient organizations, 2- Describe the determinants of PROMs and PREMs implementation according to healthcare professional and patient organizations.

Identification of Mood Disorders in Self-Reported Versus Health Administrative Data.

Background: Producing relevant knowledge on the prevalence of mood disorders (MDs) requires a clear identification of people living with the condition. Analyzing this multifaceted disease from the perspective of health administrative data and population-based surveys could contribute to document inconsistencies between these data sources and highlight the strengths and limitations of each methodological approaches.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of MD disease, assess concordance of MD patterns in population-based surveys versus health administrative data, and investigate statistical differences in characteristics between individuals presenting the disease in each data sources.

Cost Analysis of a Patient Portal Used to Remotely Monitor COVID-19 Patients in Quebec.

Background: Telemonitoring for COVID-19 has gained much attention due to its potential in reducing morbidity, healthcare utilization, and costs. However, its benefit with regard to economic outcomes has yet to be clearly demonstrated.

Objective: To analyze the costs associated with the use of the Opal portal to monitor COVID-19 patients during their 14-day confinement in Quebec and compare them to those of non-users of any home telemonitoring technology.

Comparison of four approaches in eliciting health state utilities with SF-6Dv2.

Objective: To empirically compare four preference elicitation approaches, the discrete choice experiment with time (DCE), the Best-Worst Scaling with time (BWS), DCE with BWS (DCE), and the Standard Gamble (SG) method, in valuing health states using the SF-6Dv2.

Methods: A representative sample of the general population in Quebec, Canada, completed 6 SG tasks or 13 DCE (i.e.

Adaptation of a standardized self-reported cost questionnaire specific for the severe burn injury population (BI-CoPaQ).

Severe burn injuries (SBIs) are known to pose a significant burden on patients, caregivers, and the healthcare system. Yet, scarce data on the short and long-term clinical and economic impacts of these injuries limit the development of evidence-informed strategies and policies to better care for these patients. To fill in this gap, we adapted a previously validated self-reported out-of-pocket cost measurement questionnaire, the Cost for Patients Questionnaire (CoPaQ), to the severe burn injury survivor context.

Confirmatory analysis of the 13-MD and ranking of its meta-dimensions and items.

Background: The 13-MD is a new generic instrument developed to measure general health-related quality of life (GHRQoL). This instrument considers all aspects of health (i.e.

A novel approach for health state valuation: Multiple bounded dichotomous choice compared to the traditional standard gamble.

Objective: to assess the feasibility of a new stated preference approach, the multiple bounded dichotomous choice (MBDC), designed to generate value sets for preference-based measurement of health-related quality of life.

Methods: MBDC and standard gamble (SG) tasks were completed to derive SF-6Dv2 value sets from a sample of the general population in Quebec, Canada. Participants were randomized between the two approaches: 6 health states were evaluated in SG and 11 health states in MBDC.

Which factors drive the choice of the French-speaking Quebec population towards a COVID-19 vaccination programme: A discrete-choice experiment.

Objectives: The aims of this study were to elicit preferences about the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine campaign in the general French-speaking adult Quebec population and to highlight the characteristics of the vaccine campaign that were of major importance.

Methods: A discrete-choice experiment (DCE) was conducted between April and June 2021, in Quebec, Canada. A quota sampling method by age, gender and educational level was used to achieve a representative sample of the French-speaking adult population.

Measuring quality of life at work for healthcare and social services workers: A systematic review of available instruments.

Quality of life at work is an important and widely discussed concept in the literature. Several instruments can be used to measure it, but with regard to healthcare and social services, the existing instruments are not well known. A review of available instruments intending to capture the quality of life of healthcare and social services workers (QoLHSSW) is necessary to better assess their working conditions and promote programs/guidelines to improve these conditions.

Differences in health utilities between cancer patients and the general population: The case of Quebec using the SF-6Dv2.

A considerable debate persists in the literature about whose preferences should be considered in the calculation of quality-adjusted life-years. Some suggest considering only the preferences of the general population, while others advocate for the consideration of those of patients or a combination of both. This study aims to inform and measure the differences in health preferences between cancer patients and the general population in Quebec.

Cancer population norms using a new value set for the SF-6Dv2 based on the preferences of patients with breast or colorectal cancer in Quebec.

Background: Because health resources are limited, health programs should be compared to allow the most efficient ones to emerge. To that aim, health utility instruments have been developed to allow the calculation of quality-adjusted life-year (QALY). However, generic instruments, which can be used by any individual regardless of their health profile, typically consider the preferences of the general population when developing their value set.

Valuing the SF-6Dv2 in the capital of Iran using a discrete choice experiment with duration.

Background: The second version of the Short-Form 6-Dimension (SF-6Dv2) classification system has recently been developed. The objective of this study was to develop a value set for SF-6Dv2 based on the societal preferences of a general population in the capital of Iran.

Methods: A representative sample of the capital of Iran (n = 3061) was recruited using a stratified multistage quota sampling technique.

The economic burden of burned patients for hospitalization in Canada.

Background: Burn injuries pose a significant burden on both patients and healthcare systems. Yet, costs arising from the consumption of resources by these patients are rarely examined in Canada.

Objective: The objective of this study was to assess real-world costs resulting from the initial hospitalization of patients admitted to a major burn unit in Quebec, Canada.

Telehealth-Delivered Program and Accompanying Patients to Enhance the Clinical Condition of Patients Throughout a Liver Transplant: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study.

Background: Liver transplantation (LT) is indicated in patients with severe acute or chronic liver failure for which no other therapy is available. With the increasing number of LTs in recent years, liver centers worldwide must manage their patients according to their clinical situation and the expected waiting time for transplantation. The LT clinic at the Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM) is developing a new health care model across the entire continuum of pre-, peri-, and posttransplant care that features patient monitoring by an interdisciplinary team, including an accompanying patient; a digital platform to host a clinical plan; a learning program; and data collection from connected objects.

Production and use of rapid responses during the COVID-19 pandemic in Quebec (Canada): perspectives from evidence synthesis producers and decision makers.

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has required evidence to be made available more rapidly than usual, in order to meet the needs of decision makers in a timely manner. These exceptional circumstances have caused significant challenges for organizations and teams responsible for evidence synthesis. They had to adapt to provide rapid responses to support decision-making.

Work stressors, work-family conflict, parents' depressive symptoms and perceived parental concern for their children's mental health during COVID-19 in Canada: a cross-sectional analysis.

Background: Work-related stressors and work-family conflict are important social determinants of mental health. While the impact of these stressors on parents' mental health is well documented, we know comparatively less about their impact on children's mental health. Furthermore, though the COVID-19 pandemic has significantly altered these stressors, particularly with the increase in teleworking, major knowledge gaps persist regarding the association between parents' stressors and perceived parental concern for their children's mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Canadian English translation and linguistic validation of the 13-MD to measure global health-related quality of life.

Background: The 13-MD is a new instrument designed to measure more globally the various aspects of the health-related quality of life. Its structure is balanced around physical, mental, and social aspects of health.

Objective: To translate the 13-MD into Canadian English and to ensure that it is conceptually equivalent to the original version in Canadian French.

Associated criteria used in investigating suspected septic transfusion reactions: A scoping review.

Background And Objectives: Septic transfusion reactions (STRs) occur as a result of bacterial contamination of blood or blood products, resulting in sepsis. This scoping review aimed to identify, explore and map the available literature on the STR criteria triggering the investigation of STR.

Materials And Methods: Four electronic databases (MEDLINE, Web of Science, Science Direct, Embase) were searched to retrieve scientific literature reporting such criteria, published from 1 January 2000 to 5 May 2022.

Estimating the monetary value of a Quality-Adjusted Life-Year in Quebec.

Background: The value of a Quality-Adjusted Life-Year (QALY) is of great importance for the healthcare system. It helps when it comes to defining a cost-effectiveness threshold for the evaluation of health technologies. No willingness-to-pay value for a QALY exists in the province of Quebec, Canada.

Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the health-related quality of life of frontline workers: the case of seven low-income Eastern African countries.

Purpose: This study aimed to explore the potential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of humanitarian and healthcare workers and its related factors in seven Eastern African countries (EAC).

Methods: A sample of frontline workers filled out an online cross-sectional survey questionnaire comprising socio-demographic, degree of symptoms of depression, anxiety, insomnia, and distress, alcohol and tobacco consumption, health-related quality of life (HRQoL) using Short Form 6-Dimension version 2 (SF-6Dv2) and Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation 6-Dimension (CORE-6D), and fear of COVID-19 (FCV-19S) questionnaires. Multivariate regressions were conducted to identify independent factors associated with HRQoL.

Second Version of the Short Form 6-Dimension Value Set Elicited From Patients With Breast and Colorectal Cancer: A Hybrid Approach.

Background: Quality-adjusted life-year instruments help comparison among programs by capturing their effects in terms of utility. Generic instruments are applicable to everyone, and for this reason, they are known to lack sensitivity when measuring gains in some domains. Specific instruments tend to fill this gap but, in domains like cancer, existing instruments are either nonpreferences-based or based on the general population's preferences.