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ArticleHealth and quality of life outcomes2019

SF-6D utility scores of smokers and ex-smokers with or without respiratory symptoms attending primary care clinics.

Sau-Nga Fu, Man-Chi Dao, Carlos King-Ho Wong, Wai-Cho Yu

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Article in Health and quality of life outcomes, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Sau-Nga FuDepartment of Family Medicine & Primary Health Care, Kowloon West Cluster, Hospital Authority, Hong Kong Special Administration Region, China. h9317811@connect.hku.hk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6491-654X
Man-Chi DaoDepartment of Family Medicine & Primary Health Care, Kowloon West Cluster, Hospital Authority, Hong Kong Special Administration Region, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8793-7167
Carlos King-Ho WongDepartment of Family Medicine & Primary Care, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administration Region, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6895-6071
Wai-Cho YuDepartment of Medicine and Geriatrics, Princess Margaret Hospital, Hong Kong Special Administration Region, China.

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Princess Margaret Hospital Respiratory Fund ID0EAHBG4377
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionThe aim of this paper is to find out generic preference-based Short-Form 6 Dimensions (SF-6D) utility scores of smokers and ex-smokers with varying cigarette exposure, with and without respiratory symptoms.

methodsSeven hundred thirty one people aged ≥30 with a history of smoking who attended 5 public primary care clinics completed a cross-sectional survey using SF-6D utility score, Breathlessness, Cough, and Sputum Scale (BCSS©) and office spirometry.

resultsMost of the subjects were men (92.5%) in an older age group (mean age 62.2 ± 11.7 years). About half of them (48.3%) were current smokers while the other half (51.7%) were ex-smokers. More than half of them (54.2%) reported mild respiratory symptoms (mean BCSS score 0.95 ± 1.12). The most common symptoms were sputum (45.1%), followed by cough (34.2%) and breathlessness (6.0%). The SF-6D overall utility score was 0.850 ± 0.106. The subjects reported significantly lower SF-6D scores when they had breathlessness (0.752 ± 0.138; p = < 0.001), cough (0.836 ± 0.107; p = 0.007), sputum (0.838 ± 0.115; p = 0.004) or any of the above symptom (0.837 ± 0.113; p < 0.001). In both groups of current smokers and ex-smokers, there was no statistically significant difference in the scores among light, moderate or heavy smokers. In the Tobit regression model of factors affecting SF-6D utility score, subjects who reported more respiratory symptoms (i.e. higher BCSS©) had lower SF-6D scores (B = - 0.018 ± 0.007, p < 0.001), while men had higher SF-6D scores than women (B = 0.037 ± 0.031, p = 0.019). Subjects who attended middle or high school had higher SF-6D score than those attended the University or above. The presence of airflow obstruction was not associated with the score.

conclusionsThe study yielded SF-6D utility scores of smokers and ex-smokers with different reported cigarette exposure, which could be useful in future clinical studies and cost-effectiveness analysis.

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Quality of LifeAgedCost-Benefit AnalysisCoughCross-Sectional StudiesDyspneaEx-SmokersFemaleHealth Status IndicatorsHumansMaleMiddle AgedPrimary Health CareSmokersSurveys and QuestionnairesBCSSHealth-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL)Primary CareRespiratory SymptomsSF-6DSmokingSpirometry

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