Preference based scoring algorithms for KHQ questionnaire for calculating QALYs
The algorithm presented here provides a means of converting the King's Health Questionnaire into a preference-based single index measure of health that can be used to obtain quality adjusted life years (QALYs) from KHQ data for use in cost utility analysis.
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The King’s Health Questionnaire was designed to assess the quality of life of women with urinary incontinence and LUTS (Kelleher et al, 1997). It has 21 items covering 8 dimensions of health and each domain has a score of 0 to 100 of health (see attached for scoring algorithm).
Whilst such scores provide an excellent means for judging the effectiveness of health care interventions, they have only a limited application in economic evaluation because they are not based on preferences. The algorithm presented here provides a means of converting the KHQ into a preference-based single index measure of health that can be used to obtain quality adjusted life years (QALYs) from KHQ data for use in cost utility analysis.
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- Kelleher, Symonds , Brown M, , Roberts, Czoski-Murray , Brazier (Jan 2008), Estimation of a preference-based index from a condition specific measure: the King’s Health Questionnaire. , Medical Decision Making, 28(1), 113-26
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