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| Title |
Patients' health-related quality-of-life and health state values for motor neurone disease/amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
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| Published in |
Quality of Life Research, August 2003
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| DOI | 10.1023/a:1025052609818 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
C. Green, G. Kiebert, C. Murphy, J.D. Mitchell, M. O'Brien, A. Burrell, P.N. Leigh |
| Abstract |
Motor neurone disease (MND) has a severe impact on patient quality of life, especially in later stages of the disease. This study assesses the health-related quality of life (HRQL) of MND patients, and for the first time elicits health state values from patients for their present health state. A structured interview was conducted with 77 patients. Patients completed a disease specific health status measure (ALSAQ-40), a generic health status measure (EuroQol EQ-5D), a visual analogue scale (VAS) and a standard gamble (SG) exercise. The ALSAQ-40 was sensitive to disease severity. Patients' mean VAS rating of their own health ranged from 0.74 for stage 1 (early) disease severity (n = 15), to 0.37 for stage 4 (late stage) disease severity (n = 19). Utilities elicited via SG varied from a mean of 0.79 for stage 1 disease severity to a mean of 0.45 for stage 4 disease severity. The EQ-5D derived single index ranged from a mean of 0.63 for stage 1 disease severity to a mean of -0.01 for stage 4 disease severity. This study demonstrates that it is feasible and practical to obtain health state values from MND patients and it provides evidence that patients place a high value on their HRQL, even in cases where health status is very poor. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 3% |
| United States | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 38 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 8 | 20% |
| Researcher | 6 | 15% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 5 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 4 | 10% |
| Other | 4 | 10% |
| Other | 8 | 20% |
| Unknown | 5 | 13% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 16 | 40% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 3 | 8% |
| Social Sciences | 3 | 8% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 5% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 2 | 5% |
| Other | 10 | 25% |
| Unknown | 4 | 10% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 05 July 2023.
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#5,446,629
of 25,373,627 outputs
Outputs from Quality of Life Research
#503
of 3,062 outputs
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#9,542
of 53,063 outputs
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#2
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