The Validity of the EuroQol Health and Wellbeing Short Version (EQ-HWB-S) Instrument in Parents of Children With and Without Health Conditions

Background  The EuroQol Health and Wellbeing Short Version (EQ-HWB-S) instrument has been developed to measure the health and wellbeing of care-recipients and their caregivers for use in economic evaluation.The EQ-HWB-S has nine items, and pilot UK preference weights have now been developed. Objecti...

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Published in:PharmacoEconomics 2024-06, Vol.42 (Suppl 1), p.163-179
Main Authors: Bailey, Cate, Dalziel, Kim, Jones, Renee, Hiscock, Harriet, Devlin, Nancy J., Peasgood, Tessa
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Caregivers
Children & youth
Childrens health
Clinical outcomes
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Demographics
Gender differences
Health Administration
Health Economics
Health surveys
Hospitals
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Mental health
Original
Original Research Article
Parents & parenting
Pediatrics
Pharmacoeconomics and Health Outcomes
Population
Public Health
Quality of life
Quality of Life Research
Quantitative psychology
Regression analysis
Statistical analysis
Stress
Validity
Variables
Well being
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Summary:Background  The EuroQol Health and Wellbeing Short Version (EQ-HWB-S) instrument has been developed to measure the health and wellbeing of care-recipients and their caregivers for use in economic evaluation.The EQ-HWB-S has nine items, and pilot UK preference weights have now been developed. Objective We aimed to investigate the validity of the instrument in parents of children with and without health conditions. Methods EQ-HWB-S data were sourced from an Australian paediatric multi-instrument comparison study. We analysed the baseline characteristics and response distribution of the EQ-HWB-S items. Assessment of known-group validity was conducted for EQ-HWB-S items, level sum-scores and preference-weighted scores, including partial effects. Known-group analyses included three child health variables and where caregivers reported coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) had impacted their wellbeing. We included analyses across gender, controlled for child and parent demographic variables, and compared scores across child health conditions. Results  Item responses were distributed as expected, with higher skew for mobility and activities. Parents experienced high levels of exhaustion. We detected significant differences between groups for level sum-scores and preference-weighted scores, as hypothesised; all tests were significant ( p  
ISSN:1170-7690
1179-2027
1179-2027
DOI:10.1007/s40273-024-01351-5