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Life-years lost due to asthma and COPD
Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Section of Sustainable Health, The OLIN unit, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
Luleå University of Technology, Department of Health Sciences, Nursing and Medical technology. Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Section of Sustainable Health, The OLIN unit, Umeå University.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1630-3167
Luleå University of Technology, Department of Health Sciences, Nursing Care. Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Division of Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6622-3838
Department of Care Science, Faculty of Health and Science, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden.
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2020 (English)In: European Respiratory Journal, ISSN 0903-1936, E-ISSN 1399-3003, Vol. 56, no Suppl 64, article id 1400Article in journal, Meeting abstract (Other academic) Published
Abstract [en]

Background: Quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs) is commonly used in health-economic evaluations. QALY-weights combine health status and time into one measure.

Aims: To investigate the association between multimorbidity and QALY-weights among adults with asthma and COPD.

Methods: Within the OLIN-studies in northern Sweden, a random sample was invited to a postal questionnaire survey. A random sample of 1016 responders was invited to clinical examinations and interviews in 2009 (737 participated, ages 21-86 years), of which 605 completed the health-related quality of life (HRQL) questionnaire SF-36. QALY-weights were derived from the SF-36 data using the SF-6D tool via the standard gamble method. The SF-6D scores are equivalent to QALY-weights with low values representing poor health and the score one representing perfect health.

Results: Of the 605 participants, 74 had current asthma, 81 had COPD (FEV1/FVC<0.7), 66 had heart disease, 30 had diabetes, 30 had rheumatic disease, and 160 had hypertension. There was an association between an increasing number of morbid conditions and lower QALY-weights (p<0.001). The mean QALY-weight tended to be lower among subjects with asthma compared to COPD, 0.77 and 0.81, respectively (p=0.078). Subjects with COPD and two or more non-respiratory conditions had significantly lower QALY-weights compared to subjects with COPD alone (0.75 vs.0.83, p=0.016). No significant difference in QALY-weights was found among asthmatics with versus without other non-respiratory conditions.

Conclusions: Subjects with asthma tended to have lower QALY-weights compared to subjects with COPD. Having two or more non-respiratory conditions affected the QALY-weight negatively among subjects with COPD but not among subjects with asthma.

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European Respiratory Society (ERS) , 2020. Vol. 56, no Suppl 64, article id 1400
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Quality of life, Asthma, Asthma - diagnosis
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URN: urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-82902DOI: 10.1183/13993003.congress-2020.1400ISI: 000606501402366OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ltu-82902DiVA, id: diva2:1527670
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ERS International Congress, 6-9 September, 2020, Virtual
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