Ql3 Quality of Life of Gastroesophagel Reflux Disease Patients

Health Related Quality of Life norm data of the Italian general population: results using the EQ-5D-3L and EQ-5D-5L instruments

“…Also, there are conditions that from a purely clinical point of view may appear less severe than others, e.g., gastroesophageal reflux, atopic dermatitis, hand eczema, which are not life-threatening and might appear less compromising to a patient's physical ability of doing everyday things than other conditions; actually, these diseases can seriously affect an individual's wellbeing for years, since they can provoke serious concerns and disturbances in the everyday life of patients and their families. [14][15][16][17] In these individuals, aspects such as social, working and emotional components of health can be greatly impaired, making helping patients better cope with their condition the main objective of the treatment, rather than the eradication of the disease.…”

“…In the past years, several health economic and HRQOL studies were conducted in Italy using the EQ-5D-3L [7,8,[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22]33]. However, no recent norm data were available for Italy: in 2001-2003 Mantovani et al [33] collected EQ-5D data from 1,956 Italians aged 40-79 years recruited by general practitioners in a population-based survey, and König et al [34] collected EQ-5D data from 4,709 non institutionalized Italians.…”