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SynthesisQuality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation2023

Time trade-off health state utility values for depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Péter György Balázs, Dalma Erdősi, Antal Zemplényi, Valentin Brodszky

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors.

Péter György BalázsDoctoral School of Business and Management, Corvinus University of Budapest, Budapest, Hungary.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1760-2601
Dalma ErdősiCenter for Health Technology Assessment and Pharmacoeconomic Research, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0409-4273
Antal ZemplényiCenter for Health Technology Assessment and Pharmacoeconomic Research, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0177-0264
Valentin BrodszkyInstitute of Social and Political Sciences, Department of Health Policy, Corvinus University of Budapest, Budapest, Hungary. valentin.brodszky@uni-corvinus.hu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6095-2295

Funding

Corvinus University of Budapest EFOP-3.6.3-VEKOP-16-2017-00007Ministry of Innovation and Technology in Hungary TKP2020-IKA-02
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThis study aims to systematically review the literature on health utility in depression generated by time trade-off (TTO) method and to compare health state vignettes.

methodsSystematic literature search was conducted following PRISMA guideline in 2020 November (updated in 2022 March) in Pubmed, Web of Science, PsycInfo, and Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. Random effect meta-analysis was conducted to pool vignette-based utility values of mild, moderate, and severe depression and to compare the preferences of depressed and nondepressed population.

resultsOverall, 264 records were found, 143 screened by title and abstract after removing duplicates, 18 assessed full text, and 14 original publications included. Majority of the studies (n = 9) used conventional TTO method, and most of the studies (n = 8) applied 10-year timeframe. Eight studies evaluated self-experienced health (own-current depression). Six studies assessed vignette-based health states of remitted, mild, moderate, and severe depression, half of them applied McSad measure based health description. Altogether, 61 different utility values have been cataloged, mean utility of self-experienced depression states (n = 33) ranged between 0.89 (current-own depression) and 0.24 (worst experienced depression). Pooled utility estimates for vignette-based mild, moderate, and severe depression was 0.75, 0.66 and 0.50, respectively. Meta-regression showed that severe depression (β = -0.16) and depressed sample populations (β =  -0.13) significantly decrease vignette-based utility scores.

conclusionOur review revealed extent heterogeneity both in TTO methodology and health state vignette development. Patient's perception of depression health states was worse than healthy respondents.

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Depressive DisorderQuality of LifeDepressionHealth StatusHumansDepressionMeta-analysisSystematic reviewTime trade-offUtility catalogVignette comparison

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PMCPMC10063515

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