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ArticleHealth and quality of life outcomes2023

Assessment of retrospective collection of EQ-5D-5L in a US COVID-19 population.

Xiaowu Sun, Manuela Di Fusco, Laura Puzniak, Henriette Coetzer, Joann M Zamparo, Ying P Tabak, Joseph C Cappelleri

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Article in Health and quality of life outcomes, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05160636 (Patient-Reported Outcomes Associated With COVID-19 and Influenza), which is not on this map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Patient-Reported Outcomes Associated With COVID-19 and Influenza: A Prospective Survey Study on Outpatient Symptomatic Adults With Test-Confirmed Illness in the United States

TypeobservationalSponsorPfizerRan2022 to 2027Enrolled999ConditionsCOVID-19, Coronavirus Disease 2019, InfluenzaArmsCOVID-19 Vaccine
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  5. Psychometric validation of a cognition and social participation bolt-on for the EQ-5D-5L in SARS-CoV-2 infected German healthcare workers.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2026
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  6. The impact of testing positive versus negative for COVID-19 on health-related quality of life: cross-sectional evidence from the Alberta post-COVID-19 follow-up survey.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2026
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7 authors.

Xiaowu SunClinical Trial Services, CVS Health, Woonsocket, RI, USA. xiaowu.sun@cvshealth.com.
Manuela Di FuscoPfizer Inc, Health Economics and Outcomes Research, New York, NY, USA.
Laura PuzniakPfizer Inc, MDSCA Vaccines, Collegeville, PA, USA.
Henriette CoetzerClinical Trial Services, CVS Health, Woonsocket, RI, USA.
Joann M ZamparoPfizer Inc, Groton, CT, USA.
Ying P TabakClinical Trial Services, CVS Health, Woonsocket, RI, USA.
Joseph C CappelleriPfizer Inc, Statistical Research and Data Science Center, Groton, CT, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIt is imperative to evaluate health related quality of life (HRQoL) pre-COVID-19, but there is currently no evidence of the retrospective application of the EuroQol 5-Dimension, 5 level version (EQ-5D-5L) for COVID-19 studies.

methodsSymptomatic patients with SARS-CoV-2 at CVS Health US test sites were recruited between 01/31/2022-04/30/2022. Consented participants completed the EQ-5D-5L questionnaire twice: a modified version where all the questions were past tense to retrospectively assess pre-COVID-19 baseline QoL, and the standard version in present tense to assess current HRQoL. Duncan's new multiple range test was adopted for post analysis of variance pairwise comparisons of EQ visual analog scale (EQ VAS) means between problem levels for each of 5 domains. A linear mixed model was applied to check whether the relationship between EQ VAS and utility index (UI) was consistent pre-COVID-19 and during COVID-19. Matching-adjusted indirect comparison was used to compare pre-COVID-19 UI and EQ VAS scores with those of the US population. Lastly, Cohen's d was used to quantify the magnitude of difference in means between two groups.

resultsOf 676 participants, 10.2% were age 65 or more years old, 73.2% female and 71.9% white. Diabetes was reported by 4.7% participants and hypertension by 11.2%. The estimated coefficient for the interaction of UI-by-retrospective collection indicator (0 = standard prospective collection, 1 = retrospective for pre-COVID-19), -4.2 (SE: 3.2), P = 0.197, indicates that retrospective collection does not significantly alter the relationship between EQ VAS and UI. After adjusting for age, gender, diabetes, hypertension, and percent of mobility problems, the predicted means of pre-COVID-19 baseline EQ VAS and UI were 84.6 and 0.866, respectively. Both means were close to published US population norms (80.4 and 0.851) compared to those observed (87.4 and 0.924). After adjusting for age, gender, diabetes, and hypertension, the calculated ES between pre-COVID-19 and COVID-19 for UI and EQ VAS were 0.15 and 0.39, respectively. Without retrospectively collected EQ-5D-5L, using US population norms tended to underestimate the impact of COVID-19 on HRQoL.

conclusionAt a group level the retrospectively collected pre-COVID-19 EQ-5D-5L is adequate and makes it possible to directly evaluate the impact of COVID-19 on HRQoL. ( ClinicalTrials.gov NCT05160636).

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COVID-19HypertensionAgedChildFemaleHumansMaleProspective StudiesQuality of LifeRetrospective StudiesSARS-CoV-2COVID-19Health-related quality of lifeRetrospective collectionSARS-CoV-2

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PMID37679771
PMCPMC10486034

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