Incremental decreases in quality-adjusted life years (QALY) associated with higher levels of depressive symptoms for U.S. Adults aged 65 years and older

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• 作者：Haomiao Jia ; Erica I. Lubetkin
• 关键词：Quality ; adjusted life year (QALY) ; Health ; related quality of life (HRQOL) ; Burden of disease ; Depression ; Major depressive disorder (MDD)
• 刊名：Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：15
• 期：1
• 全文大小：638KB
• 刊物主题：Quality of Life Research; Quality of Life Research;
• 出版者：BioMed Central
• ISSN：1477-7525
• 卷排序：15

文摘

BackgroundQuality-adjusted life years (QALY) is a single value index that quantifies the overall burden of disease. It reflects all aspects of heath, including nonfatal illness and mortality outcomes by weighting life-years lived with health-related quality of life (HRQOL) scores. This study examine the burden of disease due to increasing levels of depressive symptoms by examining the association between the 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) scores and QALY for U.S. adults aged 65 years and older.