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Utility values for glaucoma patients in Korea

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  • Seulggie Choi
  • Jin A Choi
  • Jin Woo Kwon
  • Sang Min Park
  • Donghyun Jee

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Objectives: Although determining the quality of life among glaucoma patients has important clinical and public health implications, the utility value of glaucoma patients has not yet been determined in Korea. Methods: The Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey database was used to identify 833 glaucoma patients based on ophthalmologic examinations. The adjusted mean utility values, calculated by EuroQol-5D (EQ-5D-3L), of glaucoma patients according to patient demographics and measures of glaucoma severity were determined using multivariate linear regression analysis. Results: The mean utility value of glaucoma patients was 0.8968. Patients aged 70 years or more had significantly lower utility value (0.86, p value 0.005) compared to those aged less than 50 years (0.96). Patients within the lowest quartile of income had a utility value of 0.87, compared to a utility value of 0.96 for those within the highest quartile (p value 0.001). Patients who were not married had lower utility value (0.87) compared to married patients (0.93). Patients within the lowest quartile of worse eye frequency doubling technology (FDT) score had lower utility value (0.88) compared to those within the highest quartile (0.94). Finally, bilateral vision loss patients had significantly lower utility value (0.83, p value 0.013) compared to patients without vision loss (0.92). Conclusion: The present study assessed utility values of Korean glaucoma patients. The quality of life determined by EQ-5D-3L in Korean glaucoma patients was higher compared to those in other countries. Patient demographics as well as measures of disease severity were important factors in determining the quality of life within glaucoma patients.

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  • Seulggie Choi & Jin A Choi & Jin Woo Kwon & Sang Min Park & Donghyun Jee, 2018. "Utility values for glaucoma patients in Korea," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 13(5), pages 1-11, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0197581
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0197581
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    1. Hui-Chen Cheng & Chao-Yu Guo & Yu-Jing Chen & Mei-Ju Chen & Yu-Chieh Ko & Nicole Huang & Catherine Jui-ling Liu, 2016. "Patient-Reported Vision-Related Quality-of-Life Differences between Primary Angle-Closure Glaucoma and Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 11(9), pages 1-12, September.
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    1. Kevin Kennedy & Gurkaran Sarohia & Dominik Podbielski & Simon Pickard & Jean-Eric Tarride & Feng Xie, 2024. "Systematic methodological review of health state values in glaucoma cost-utility analyses," The European Journal of Health Economics, Springer;Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gesundheitsökonomie (DGGÖ), vol. 25(8), pages 1417-1435, November.

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