Growth hormone (GH) replacement in hypopituitary adults with GH deficiency evaluated by a utility-weighted quality of life index: a precursor to cost-utility analysis.

Abstract:

OBJECTIVES:To examine quality of life (QoL) measured by a utility-weighted index in GH-deficient adults on GH replacement and analyse the impact of demographic and clinical characteristics on changes in utilities during treatment. DESIGN:Utilities for items in the QoL-Assessment of Growth Hormone Deficiency in Adults (QoL-AGHDA(utility)) were estimated based on data obtained from the general population in England and Wales (E&W). These estimates were used to calculate QoL changes in GH-treated patients and compare these with normative population values. PATIENTS:A total of 894 KIMS patients (53% women) from E&W were followed for 1 to 6 years. MEASUREMENTS:QoL-AGHDA(utility) at baseline and at the last reported visit, total QoL-AGHDA(utility) gain and QoL-AGHDA(utility) gain per year of follow-up. RESULTS:QoL-AGHDA(utility) in patients before GH treatment differed from the expected population values [0.67 (SD 0.174) vs. 0.85 (SD 0.038), P < 0.0001], constituting a mean deficit of -0.19 (SD 0.168). There was a difference in the mean QoL-AGHDA(utility) deficit for men [-0.16 (SD 0.170)] and women [-0.21 (SD 0.162)] (P < 0.001). The main improvement occurred during the first year of treatment [reduction of a deficit to -0.07 (SD 0.163) (P < 0.001) in the total cohort]; however, patients' utilities remained lower than those recorded for the general population during subsequent follow-up (P < 0.001). Despite an observed impact of age, primary aetiology, disease onset and comorbidities on QoL-AGHDA(utility), all patients showed a similar beneficial response to treatment. CONCLUSIONS:QoL-AGHDA(utility) efficiently monitors treatment effects in patients with GHD. The study confirmed the QoL-AGHDA(utility) deficit before treatment and a similar QoL-AGHDA(utility) gain observed after commencement of GH replacement in all patients.

journal_name

Clin Endocrinol (Oxf)

journal_title

Clinical endocrinology

authors

Kołtowska-Häggström M,Kind P,Monson JP,Jonsson B

doi

10.1111/j.1365-2265.2007.03010.x

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2008-01-01 00:00:00

pages

122-9

issue

1

eissn

0300-0664

issn

1365-2265

pii

CEN3010

journal_volume

68

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