ArticleThe British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners2009
Temporal change in health-related quality of life: a longitudinal study in general practice 1999-2004.
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- The effectiveness of a preventive health program and vitamin D status in improving health-related quality of life of older Canadians.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2016Article
- Determinants of health-related quality of life in older primary care patients: results of the longitudinal observational AgeCoDe Study.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2015Observational
- Change in health status in long-term conditions over a one year period: a cohort survey using patient-reported outcome measures.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2014Article
- Did past economic prosperity affect the health related quality of life predictors? A longitudinal study on a representative sample of Slovenian family medicine patients.BMC public health · 2013Article
- Quality of life in patients with depression, panic syndrome, other anxiety syndrome, alcoholism and chronic somatic diseases: a longitudinal study in Slovenian primary care patients.Wiener klinische Wochenschrift · 2013Article
- Influence of chronic diseases on long-term change in physical health: a consultation-survey linkage cohort study in general practice.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2012Article
- How do common chronic conditions affect health-related quality of life?The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2009Article
- Quality of life: what does it mean for general practice?The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2009Article
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Abstract
backgroundIn order to assess and plan for changing healthcare needs, the lack of available information regarding temporal changes in the health-related quality of life of a population must be addressed.
aimThis paper aims to describe such changes over 5 years in a general population. DESIGN OF STUDY: Longitudinal postal questionnaire study.
settingUK general practice.
methodThis was a longitudinal postal questionnaire study in two general practice populations, using the generic instrument EQ-5D to measure health-related quality of life. Individuals were included if they responded to three postal surveys in 1999, 2001, and 2004 and there were three consecutive values of EQ-5D(index) available between 1999 and 2004.
resultsA total of 2498 subjects were included in the study. After adjustment for potential confounders (including ageing), health-related quality of life declined significantly over the observation period. The change in EQ-5D(index) was from 0.79 to 0.74 and for EQ-5D(vas) 76.8 to 73.3 (P for both trends <0.001).
conclusionHealth-related quality of life deteriorated in these populations over 5 years. In an era of improvements in mortality, this has important implications for the use of health-related quality of life data in healthcare planning and resource allocation.
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