Health-Related Quality of Life of Pediatric Spinal Surgery Complications.


Journal

Value in health regional issues
ISSN: 2212-1102
Titre abrégé: Value Health Reg Issues
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101592642

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
May 2019
Historique:
received: 21 06 2018
revised: 09 11 2018
accepted: 27 11 2018
pubmed: 15 1 2019
medline: 6 8 2019
entrez: 15 1 2019
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Health-related quality of life (utility) measures are essential components of effectiveness analyses. The health-related quality of life of health states in pediatric patients who underwent spinal surgery have not been reported previously. To estimate the utility of complications after spinal surgeries and side effects of acetazolamide administration. Parent caregivers, nurses, neurosurgeons, and orthopedists were interviewed as proxies to evaluate the preference of health conditions in pediatric patients who underwent intradural surgeries. We measured the utility of spinal surgery complications (cerebrospinal fluid leakage and collection, wound dehiscence, operation site infection, and secondary repair of operation site), side effects of acetazolamide administration (loss of appetite, mild gastroenteritis, and severe acid/base and/or electrolyte imbalance), taking pills (for 10 days, 1 month, and 1 year), and 24 hours of ward or intensive care unit admission by visual analogue scale. One hundred individuals were interviewed (pilot study: 20 individuals; main study: 40 parents, 27 nurses, 8 neurosurgeons, and 5 orthopedists). Sixty-four (80%) of the respondents were female. Taking pills for 10 days had the highest utility value (0.71 ± 0.13), whereas secondary surgical repair of the operation site and acid/base and/or electrolyte imbalance had the lowest preference (0.19 ± 0.16 and 0.23 ± 0.11, respectively). This study provides the utility measures for quality assessment of temporary postsurgical events in pediatric patients.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
Health-related quality of life (utility) measures are essential components of effectiveness analyses. The health-related quality of life of health states in pediatric patients who underwent spinal surgery have not been reported previously.
OBJECTIVES OBJECTIVE
To estimate the utility of complications after spinal surgeries and side effects of acetazolamide administration.
METHODS METHODS
Parent caregivers, nurses, neurosurgeons, and orthopedists were interviewed as proxies to evaluate the preference of health conditions in pediatric patients who underwent intradural surgeries. We measured the utility of spinal surgery complications (cerebrospinal fluid leakage and collection, wound dehiscence, operation site infection, and secondary repair of operation site), side effects of acetazolamide administration (loss of appetite, mild gastroenteritis, and severe acid/base and/or electrolyte imbalance), taking pills (for 10 days, 1 month, and 1 year), and 24 hours of ward or intensive care unit admission by visual analogue scale.
RESULTS RESULTS
One hundred individuals were interviewed (pilot study: 20 individuals; main study: 40 parents, 27 nurses, 8 neurosurgeons, and 5 orthopedists). Sixty-four (80%) of the respondents were female. Taking pills for 10 days had the highest utility value (0.71 ± 0.13), whereas secondary surgical repair of the operation site and acid/base and/or electrolyte imbalance had the lowest preference (0.19 ± 0.16 and 0.23 ± 0.11, respectively).
CONCLUSIONS CONCLUSIONS
This study provides the utility measures for quality assessment of temporary postsurgical events in pediatric patients.

Identifiants

pubmed: 30639949
pii: S2212-1099(18)30375-3
doi: 10.1016/j.vhri.2018.11.005
pii:
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

74-77

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2018 ISPOR--The professional society for health economics and outcomes research. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Auteurs

Shima Shahjouei (S)

Department of Neurosurgery, Children's Hospital Medical Centre, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Department of Health Management and Economics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Universal Scientific Education and Research Network, Tehran, Iran. Electronic address: sshimashah@gmail.com.

Alireza Vafaei Sadr (A)

Department of Physics, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran; Department of Theoretical Physics and Center for Astroparticle Physics, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.

Soheila Khorasani (S)

Department of Health Management and Economics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Farideh Nejat (F)

Department of Neurosurgery, Children's Hospital Medical Centre, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Zohreh Habibi (Z)

Department of Neurosurgery, Children's Hospital Medical Centre, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Ali Akbari Sari (A)

Department of Health Management and Economics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

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