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Measuring health outcomes of adolescents: report from a pilot study |
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| Authors: | Yemi Oluboyede Sandy Tubeuf Chris McCabe |
| Affiliation: | 1. Academic Unit of Health Economics, Leeds Institute of Health Sciences, University of Leeds, Charles Thackrah Building, Room 2.07, 101 Clarendon Road, Leeds, LS2 9LJ, UK 2. Academic Unit of Health Economics, Leeds Institute of Health Sciences, University of Leeds, Charles Thackrah Building, Room 2.10, 101 Clarendon Road, Leeds, LS2 9LJ, UK 3. Academic Unit of Health Economics, Leeds Institute of Health Sciences, University of Leeds, Charles Thackrah Building, Room 1.27, 101 Clarendon Road, Leeds, LS2 9LJ, UK |
| Abstract: | There is a need to understand the practicality, validity and reliability of using utility measures with children and adolescents. We designed a pilot study in order to help guide the selection of an appropriate health-related quality-of-life (HRQoL) questionnaire for adolescents to be used in the context of a large randomised controlled trial (RCT) of family therapy versus standard treatment for adolescents aged 11–17 years. The pilot study was carried out on a school sample of adolescents in the same age range as the RCT. Adolescents were asked to fill in three HRQoL questionnaires: the standard EQ-5D, the licensed Health Utilities Index HUI, and the child-friendly version of the standard EQ-5D: the EQ-5D for youth (EQ-5D-Y). This report explores the problems with the language and concepts embodied within those HRQoL questionnaires and open discussion regarding how we can value the health of adolescents for cost-utility analysis in a larger study. |
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