Publications

Authors:

Alacevich, Caterina; Thalmann, Inna; Nicodemo, Catia; de Lusignan, Simon; Petrou, Stavros

Title:

Symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Episodes and Health-Related Quality of Life

Year:

2023

Type of item:

Articolo in Rivista

Tipologia ANVUR:

Articolo su rivista

Language:

Inglese

Referee:

No

Name of journal:

APPLIED HEALTH ECONOMICS AND HEALTH POLICY

ISSN of journal:

1175-5652

N° Volume:

21

Number or Folder:

5

Page numbers:

761-771

Keyword:

C1; I1; I14; I310

Short description of contents:

BackgroundUnderstanding the physical and mental health needs of the population through evidence-based research is a priority for informing health policy. During the COVID-19 pandemic, population wellbeing dramatically dropped. The relationship between experiences of symptomatic illness episodes and health-related quality of life has been less documented.ObjectiveThis study analysed the association between symptomatic COVID-19 illness and health-related quality of life.MethodsThe analyses drew from a cross-sectional analysis of data from a national digital symptoms' surveillance survey conducted in the UK in 2020. We identified illness episodes using symptoms and test results data and we analysed validated health-related quality of life outcomes including health utility scores (indexed on a 0-1 cardinal scale) and visual analogue scale (VAS) scores (0-100 scale) generated by the EuroQoL's EQ-5D-5L measure. The econometric model controlled for respondents' demographic and socioeconomic characteristics, comorbidities, social isolation measures, and regional and time fixed effects.ResultsThe results showed that the experience of common SARS-CoV-2 symptoms was significantly associated with poorer health-related quality of life across all EQ-5D-5L dimensions of mobility, self-care, usual activities, pain/discomfort and anxiety/depression, a decrement in utility score of - 0.13 and a decrement in the EQ-VAS score of - 15. The findings were robust to sensitivity analyses and restrictive test results-based definitions.ConclusionThis evidence-based study highlights the need for targeting of interventions and services towards those experiencing symptomatic episodes during future waves of the pandemic and helps to quantify the benefits of SARS-CoV-2 treatment in terms of health-related quality of life.

Product ID:

136252

Handle IRIS:

11562/1113992

Last Modified:

November 29, 2024

Bibliographic citation:

Alacevich, Caterina; Thalmann, Inna; Nicodemo, Catia; de Lusignan, Simon; Petrou, Stavros, Symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Episodes and Health-Related Quality of Life «APPLIED HEALTH ECONOMICS AND HEALTH POLICY» , vol. 21 , n. 5 , 2023 , pp. 761-771

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