Disability Weights Estimates From India in 2018: Measurements From Community Members From Two Distinct States of India.
India
community
disability weights
global burden of diseases
health state valuation
Journal
Frontiers in public health
ISSN: 2296-2565
Titre abrégé: Front Public Health
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101616579
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2022
2022
Historique:
received:
02
08
2021
accepted:
14
02
2022
entrez:
8
4
2022
pubmed:
9
4
2022
medline:
12
4
2022
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
India is undergoing a rapid demographic and epidemiologic transition. Thus demanding prioritization of diseases based on burden estimation is befitting our cultural diversity. Disability weights (DWs) by Global burden of disease (GBD) studies may not be representative. Hence, a study was conducted to estimate state-specific disability weights to capture the community health perceptions that included urban-rural settings as well as different socio-economic and literacy levels. A total of 2,055 community members (participants) from two distinct states of India, Odisha and Telangana, were interviewed to assign disability weights to the selected 14 health states based on the state burden and relevance. Each health state was described to the participants using pictorial representations of the health states and valuated using visual analog scale and card sort methods. We noted that DWs in Odisha ranged from 0.32 (0.30-0.34) for upper limb fracture due to road traffic accident (least severe) to 0.90 (0.88-0.93) for breast cancer (most severe) among the 14 health states. While, in Telangana, diarrhea was considered least severe [DW = 0.22 (0.19-0.24)] and breast cancer remained most severe [DW = 0.85 (0.83-0.88)] as in Odisha. Marked difference in the DWs for other health states was also seen. Further, on comparison of community weights with GBD weights using Spearman correlation, we observed a low correlation (ρ = 0.104). Our study provides community-based findings that show how participants valued noncommunicable diseases higher than short-term ailments or infectious diseases. Additionally, the low correlation between GBD also suggests the need for local disability weights rather than universal acceptance. We therefore recommend that decisions in policy-making, especially for resource allocation and priority setting, need to be based not only on expert opinion but also include community in accordance with high scientific standards.
Sections du résumé
Background
India is undergoing a rapid demographic and epidemiologic transition. Thus demanding prioritization of diseases based on burden estimation is befitting our cultural diversity. Disability weights (DWs) by Global burden of disease (GBD) studies may not be representative. Hence, a study was conducted to estimate state-specific disability weights to capture the community health perceptions that included urban-rural settings as well as different socio-economic and literacy levels.
Methods
A total of 2,055 community members (participants) from two distinct states of India, Odisha and Telangana, were interviewed to assign disability weights to the selected 14 health states based on the state burden and relevance. Each health state was described to the participants using pictorial representations of the health states and valuated using visual analog scale and card sort methods.
Results
We noted that DWs in Odisha ranged from 0.32 (0.30-0.34) for upper limb fracture due to road traffic accident (least severe) to 0.90 (0.88-0.93) for breast cancer (most severe) among the 14 health states. While, in Telangana, diarrhea was considered least severe [DW = 0.22 (0.19-0.24)] and breast cancer remained most severe [DW = 0.85 (0.83-0.88)] as in Odisha. Marked difference in the DWs for other health states was also seen. Further, on comparison of community weights with GBD weights using Spearman correlation, we observed a low correlation (ρ = 0.104).
Conclusion
Our study provides community-based findings that show how participants valued noncommunicable diseases higher than short-term ailments or infectious diseases. Additionally, the low correlation between GBD also suggests the need for local disability weights rather than universal acceptance. We therefore recommend that decisions in policy-making, especially for resource allocation and priority setting, need to be based not only on expert opinion but also include community in accordance with high scientific standards.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35392475
doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.752311
pmc: PMC8980316
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
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752311Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2022 Nanda, Lobo, Menon, Dhopte, Akhouri, Shrivastava, Ronghang, Anilkumar and Dutta.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
PD and SA was employed by IQVIA and Care India. The remaining authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
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