Determining health-related quality of life and health state utility values of recurrent urinary tract infections in women

ConclusionsOur data suggest that 0.85 reflects the true health state utility value of rUTIs among nonpregnant adult English-speaking women. The utility value for recurrent UTIs is worse (lower) than that previously published for nonrecurrent UTIs, reflecting the ability of the SG to convey the compounding impact of recurrent disease. In this study, neither the EQ-5D nor the VAS produced results consistent with those found using the SG, which suggests limited validity in this population.
Source: International Urogynecology Journal - Category: OBGYN Source Type: research