Double trouble: the impact of multimorbidity and deprivation on preference-weighted health related quality of life a cross sectional analysis of the Scottish Health Survey
Lawson, Kenny D., Mercer, Stewart W., Wyke, Sally, Grieve, Eleanor, Guthrie, Bruce, Watt, Graham C.M., and Fenwick, Elisabeth A.E. (2013) Double trouble: the impact of multimorbidity and deprivation on preference-weighted health related quality of life a cross sectional analysis of the Scottish Health Survey. International Journal for Equity in Health, 12 (1). 67. pp. 1-9.
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Abstract
Objective: To investigate the association between multimorbidity and Preference_Weighted Health Related Quality of Life (PW_HRQoL), a score that combines physical and mental functioning, and how this varies by socioeconomic deprivation and age.
Design: The Scottish Health Survey (SHeS) is a cross-sectional representative survey of the general population which included the SF-12, a survey of HRQoL, for individuals 20 years and over.
Methods: For 7,054 participants we generated PW_HRQoL scores by running SF-12 responses through the SF-6D algorithm. The resulting scores ranged from 0.29 (worst health) to 1 (perfect health). Using ordinary least squares, we first investigated associations between scores and increasing counts of longstanding conditions, and then repeated for multimorbidity (2+ conditions). Estimates were made for the general population and quintiles of socioeconomic deprivation. For multimorbidity, the analyses were repeated stratifying the population by age group (20–44, 45–64, 65+).
Results: 45% of participants reported a longstanding condition and 18% reported multimorbidity. The presence of 1, 2, or 3+ longstanding conditions were associated with average reductions in PW_HRQoL scores of 0.081, 0.151 and 0.212 respectively. Reduction in scores associated with multimorbidity was 33% greater in the most deprived quintile compared to the least deprived quintile, with the biggest difference (80%) in the 20–44 age groups. There were no significant gender differences.
Conclusions: PW_HRQoL decreases markedly with multimorbidity, and is exacerbated by higher deprivation and younger age. There is a need to prioritise interventions to improve the HRQoL for (especially younger) adults with multimorbidity in deprived areas.
| Item ID: | 36984 |
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| Item Type: | Article (Research - C1) |
| ISSN: | 1475-9276 |
| Keywords: | multimorbidity; preference weighted health related quality of life (PW_HRQoL); deprivation; inequality |
| Additional Information: | © 2013 Lawson et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Feb 2015 01:48 |
| FoR Codes: | 11 MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES > 1103 Clinical Sciences > 110399 Clinical Sciences not elsewhere classified @ 50% 14 ECONOMICS > 1402 Applied Economics > 140208 Health Economics @ 50% |
| SEO Codes: | 92 HEALTH > 9202 Health and Support Services > 920206 Health Policy Economic Outcomes @ 34% 92 HEALTH > 9202 Health and Support Services > 920207 Health Policy Evaluation @ 33% 92 HEALTH > 9202 Health and Support Services > 920208 Health Inequalities @ 33% |
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