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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Development of a balanced instrument to measure global health-related quality of life: The 13-MD.

Generic instruments are of interest in measuring global health-related quality of life (GHRQoL). Their applicability to all patients, regardless of their health profile, allows program comparisons of whether the patients share the same disease or not. In this setting, quality-adjusted life-year (QALY) instruments must consider GHRQoL to allow the best programs to emerge for more efficiency in health resource utilization.

Validation of the Canadian French version of the fear of COVID-19 scale in the general population of Quebec.

Background: The purpose of this study was to develop a Canadian French translation of the fear of COVID-19 scale (FCV-19S) and assess its psychometric characteristics.

Methods: A forward and backtranslation process was conducted for the Canadian French version of the FCV-19S. The guidance of the ISPOR task force for translation and cultural adaptation was followed and cognitive debriefing interviews were conducted with six citizens.

Dimensions Used in Instruments for QALY Calculation: A Systematic Review.

Economic assessment is of utmost importance in the healthcare decision-making process. The quality-adjusted life-year (QALY) concept provides a rare opportunity to combine two crucial aspects of health, i.e.

Canadian French translation and linguistic validation of the health-related quality of life utility measure for pre-school children.

Background: There is a need to perform a Canadian French translation and linguistic validation of the health-related quality of life utility measure for pre-school children (HuPS) conceptually equivalent to the original Canadian English version.

Research Design And Methods: The translation process consisted of forward and back translations. The linguistic validation was performed with the parents of preschool children during face-to-face cognitive debriefing interviews.

Patients, users, caregivers, and citizens' involvement in local health technology assessment unit in Quebec: a survey.

Objectives: Increasing emphasis is given on involving patients in health technology assessment (HTA). While this is mainly done at the level of regional and national HTA agencies, this tendency is also emerging in local HTA units. In this study, we provide the results of a survey conducted in local HTA units in the province of Quebec, Canada.

EQ-5D-5L and SF-6Dv2 utility scores in people living with chronic low back pain: a survey from Quebec.

Objective: To describe how chronic low back pain (CLBP) impacts on utility scores and which patients' characteristics most affect these scores in the province of Quebec.

Settings: Province of Quebec, Canada.

Participants: 569 adult patients with CLBP.

Predicting SF-6Dv2 utility scores for chronic low back pain using the Oswestry Disability Index and Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire.

: Generic preference-based measures are used to evaluate disability and health-related quality of life (HRQoL). : To evaluate if Short Form Six-Dimensions (SF-6Dv2) is correlated with specific current questionnaires used in chronic low back pain (CLBP) and if a predictive equation of SF-6Dv2 could be established. : Between October 2018 and January 2019, an online survey on CLBP was conducted.

Quebec Health-Related Quality-of-Life Population Norms Using the EQ-5D-5L: Decomposition by Sociodemographic Data and Health Problems.

Objectives: Population norms for the EQ-5D-5L were published in Canada but only for Alberta province. The purpose of this study was to derive Quebec population norms from the EQ-5D-5L.

Methods: The data came from a larger study conducted between September 2016 and March 2018 using elicitation techniques for a quality-adjusted life-year project.

Exploratory Study of the Clinical Characteristics of Adolescent Girls with a History of Physical or Sexual Abuse Consulting in a Mood Disorder Clinic.

Objective: To examine the clinical characteristics of adolescent girls consulting in a mood disorder clinic with a history of physical or sexual abuse.

Method: A retrospective review was conducted of the charts of 55 adolescent girls consulting in a mood disorder clinic. An analysis grid was used to gather data on demographics, personal antecedents, symptoms and diagnoses.