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Is the EQ-5D fit for purpose in asthma? Acceptability and content validity from the patient perspective

Overview of attention for article published in Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, August 2018
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Title
Is the EQ-5D fit for purpose in asthma? Acceptability and content validity from the patient perspective
Published in
Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, August 2018
DOI 10.1186/s12955-018-0970-3
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Diane Whalley, Gary Globe, Rebecca Crawford, Lynda Doward, Eskinder Tafesse, John Brazier, David Price

Abstract

The increasing emphasis on patient-reported outcomes in health care decision making has prompted greater rigor in the evidence to support the instruments used. Acceptability and content validity are important properties of any measure to ensure it assesses the relevant aspects of the target concept. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the acceptability and content validity of the EQ-5D 5-Level (EQ-5D-5L) to assess the impact of asthma on patients' lives. Qualitative interviews were conducted with 40 adults with asthma in the United Kingdom. The first 25 interviews used cognitive-debriefing methods to assess the relevance and acceptability of the EQ-5D-5L and two asthma-specific measures for comparison: an asthma-specific, preference-based measure (the Asthma Quality of Life Utility Index-5 Dimensions) and an Asthma Symptom Diary. The final 15 interviews combined concept elicitation to identify patient-perceived asthma impact, and cognitive debriefing to assess relevance and acceptability of the EQ-5D-5L and the Asthma Symptom Diary. Cognitive-debriefing feedback on the content of the measures was collated and summarized descriptively. The concept-elicitation data were analyzed thematically. Participants were aged 20 to 57 years and 62.5% were female. Although some participants expressed positive opinions on aspects of the EQ-5D-5L, only the usual activities dimension was consistently considered relevant to participants' asthma experiences. The mobility and self-care dimensions prompted strong negative reactions from some participants. Variations in interpretation of the mobility dimension and difficulties with multiple concepts in the pain/discomfort and anxiety/depression dimensions also were noted. Concepts reported by participants as missing included environmental triggers, asthma symptoms, emotions, and sleep. The EQ-5D-5L was the least preferred measure to describe the impact of asthma on participants' lives. Participants reported shortness of breath and impact on activities as especially salient issues. The content of the EQ-5D-5L was poorly aligned with the patient-perceived impact of asthma, and the measure failed to meet basic standards for acceptability and content validity as a measure to assess the impact of asthma from the patient perspective. The shortcomings identified raise concerns regarding the appropriateness of the EQ-5D in asthma and further evaluation is warranted.

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Unknown 102 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 18 18%
Researcher 9 9%
Student > Bachelor 8 8%
Student > Ph. D. Student 7 7%
Lecturer 4 4%
Other 15 15%
Unknown 41 40%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 18 18%
Nursing and Health Professions 11 11%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 7 7%
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 6 6%
Engineering 3 3%
Other 17 17%
Unknown 40 39%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 19. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 06 February 2023.
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#1,725,724
of 23,661,575 outputs
Outputs from Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
#87
of 2,202 outputs
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#37,284
of 331,934 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
#2
of 60 outputs
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