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EQ-5D Portuguese population norms

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Objectives

The EQ-5D is a widely used preference-based measure. Normative data can be used as references to analyze the effects of healthcare, determine the burden of disease and enable regional or country comparisons. Population norms for the EQ-5D exist for other countries but have not been previously published for Portugal. The purpose of this study was to derive EQ-5D Portuguese population norms.

Methods

The EQ-5D was applied by phone interview to a random sample of the Portuguese general population (n = 1,500) stratified by age, gender and region. The Portuguese value set was used to derive the EQ-5D index.

Results

Mean values were computed by gender and age groups, marital status, educational attainment, region and other variables to obtain the EQ-5D Portuguese norms. Health status declines with advancing age, and women reported worse health status than men. These results are similar to other EQ-5D population health studies.

Conclusion

This study provides Portuguese population health-related quality of life data measured by the EQ-5D that can be used as population norms. These norms can be used to inform Portuguese policy makers, health care professionals and researchers in issues related to health care policy and planning and quantification of treatment effects on health status.

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Acknowledgments

We thank the editor and the anonymous reviewers for their constructive comments and suggestions which have considerably improved an earlier version of the article. The EQ-5D population norms study was funded by Pfizer. Lara Ferreira and Pedro Ferreira are research fellows of CEISUC (Centre for Health Studies & Research, University of Coimbra, Portugal). Luis Pereira is research fellow of CIEO (Research Centre for Spatial and Organizational Dynamics, University of the Algarve, Portugal). CEISUC received financial support from Pfizer in connection the development of this manuscript. We also thank the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) for financing CEISUC and CIEO.

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  1. School of Management, Hospitality and Tourism, University of the Algarve, Faro, Portugal

    Lara Noronha Ferreira & Luis N. Pereira

  2. Faculty of Economics, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

    Pedro L. Ferreira

  3. Centre for Health Studies & Research, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

    Lara Noronha Ferreira & Pedro L. Ferreira

  4. Research Centre for Spatial and Organizational Dynamics, University of the Algarve, Faro, Portugal

    Luis N. Pereira

  5. Institute for Medical Technology Assessment, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    Mark Oppe

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Ferreira, L.N., Ferreira, P.L., Pereira, L.N. et al. EQ-5D Portuguese population norms. Qual Life Res 23, 425–430 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-013-0488-4

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