期刊
INTERNATIONAL FORUM OF ALLERGY & RHINOLOGY
卷 5, 期 11, 页码 1018-1027出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/alr.21588
关键词
sinusitis; endoscopy; chronic disease; quality of life; therapeutics; medication therapy management; utility; health utility; cost-effectiveness
资金
- NIH (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders [NIDCD]) [R01 DC005805, R03 DC-013651]
Background: A health utility value represents an individual's preference for living in a specific health state and is used in cost-utility analyses. This study investigates the impact of continuing medical therapy on health utility outcomes in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS). Methods: The Medical Outcomes Study Short Form-6D (SF-6D) questionnaire was administered to patients prospectively enrolled in a longitudinal study examining treatment outcomes for CRS. Patients were prescribed robust, initial medical therapy and then elected to continue with medical therapy (n = 40) or undergo endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS), followed by medical therapy (n = 152). Patients observed through treatment crossover to ESS were also evaluated (n = 20). Health utility values (SF-6D) were generated at baseline, 6-months, and 12-months follow-up for both cohorts and evaluated using repeated measures analysis of variance (ANOVA). Results: Treatment crossover patients were found to have a significantly higher prevalence of previous sinus surgery compared to medical management (chi(2) = 6.91; p = 0.009) and surgical intervention (chi(2) = 8.11; p = 0.004) subgroups. Mean baseline utility value for the medical therapy cohort was significantly better compared to the ESS cohort (mean +/- standard deviation; 0.76 +/- 0.12 vs 0.70 +/- 0.15; p = 0.023). Significant improvement in health utility was reported in the ESS cohort (F-(2) = 37.69; p < 0.001), whereas values remained stable, without significant improvement, in both the medical therapy cohort (F-(2) = 0.03; p = 0.967) and treatment crossover cohort (F-(2) = 2.36; p = 0.115). Conclusion: Patients electing continued medical management report better baseline health utility compared to patients electing ESS. Patients electing ESS show significant improvement in health utility, whereas those electing continued medical management demonstrate stable health utility over 12 months. (C) 2015 ARS-AAOA, LLC.
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