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ArticlePharmacoEconomics2025

Comparison of EQ-5D-Y-3L Utility Scores Using Nine Country-Specific Value Sets in Chinese Adolescents.

Ya'nan Wu, Yanjiao Xu, Zhao Shi, Junchao Feng, Zhihao Yang, Zhuxin Mao, Lei Dou, Shunping Li

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Ya'nan WuCenter for Health Management and Policy Research, School of Public Health, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, China.
Yanjiao XuAffiliated Eye Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, China.
Zhao ShiCenter for Health Management and Policy Research, School of Public Health, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, China.
Junchao FengCenter for Health Management and Policy Research, School of Public Health, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, China.
Zhihao YangHealth Services Management Department, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China.
Zhuxin MaoCentre for Health Economics Research and Modelling Infectious Diseases (CHERMID), University of Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium.
Lei DouCenter for Health Management and Policy Research, School of Public Health, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, China. doulei@sdu.edu.cn.
Shunping LiCenter for Health Management and Policy Research, School of Public Health, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, China. lishunping@sdu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8144-6220

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National Natural Science Foundation of China 72374127
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Abstract

objectiveThis study aimed to assess and compare the measurement properties of EQ-5D-Y-3L utilities derived from available countries' value sets (Chinese, Japanese, Slovenian, German, Spanish, Hungarian, Netherlandish, Belgian, and Indonesian), among Chinese adolescents.

methodsFrom July to September 2021, a large-scale cross-sectional survey was administered across 16 cities in Shandong, China, with the objective of assessing the health status of junior high school students aged 10-18 years. Supported by the educational authorities, quick response (QR) codes and questionnaire links were disseminated to schools. A total of 97,413 junior high school students completed the questionnaire. Agreement, convergent validity, and known-group validity were determined in the nine country-specific value sets.

resultsThe Indonesian value set demonstrated the highest mean health utility score (0.970), followed by the Japanese (0.961), Chinese (0.960), Netherlandish (0.948), Hungarian (0.942), German (0.938), Belgian (0.932), Slovenian (0.926), and Spanish (0.926) value sets, respectively. The utility scores derived from Asian value sets were higher than those from Europe. Good or excellent agreements (intraclass correlation coefficients > 0.7) were found between each paired value set. In Bland-Altman plots, the 95% limits of agreement for any two value sets were 0.046-0.348. A strong relationship (Spearman's correlation coefficients > 0.99) between any two value sets was found. The EQ-5D-Y-3L utility scores discriminated equally well for the nine value sets across three known groups. The effect size and the relative efficiency statistics showed the Chinese value sets were more sensitive in general. Referring to the Chinese value set, all the relative efficiency values in each value set were similar across three known groups, ranging from 0.9 to 1.0.

conclusionsA total of nine country-specific EQ-5D-Y-3L value sets showed an overall high level of agreement, strong correlation, and good known-group validity. However, the utility scores derived from nine EQ-5D-Y-3L value sets were different and the country-specific value sets were not interchangeable.

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Health StatusQuality of LifeAdolescentChildChinaCross-Sectional StudiesEast Asian PeopleFemaleHumansMaleReproducibility of ResultsSurveys and Questionnaires

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