2012
DOI: 10.3310/hta16050
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What is the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of using drugs in treating obese patients in primary care? A systematic review.

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“…We intended to use trial data on utility measures and costs of interventions in the model and to obtain costs of obesity-related complications in the UK from the published literature. 130 As a generic measure, it was considered that EQ-5D may not be sufficiently sensitive to capture differences in health-related quality of life in these essentially healthy participants. A within-trial cost-effectiveness study was therefore also planned with BMI at 3 years as the effectiveness measure.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…We intended to use trial data on utility measures and costs of interventions in the model and to obtain costs of obesity-related complications in the UK from the published literature. 130 As a generic measure, it was considered that EQ-5D may not be sufficiently sensitive to capture differences in health-related quality of life in these essentially healthy participants. A within-trial cost-effectiveness study was therefore also planned with BMI at 3 years as the effectiveness measure.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Deviations away from the healthy weight range are associated with a lower health-related quality of life (HRQoL) [2][3][4].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Considerando que a obesidade, nos dias atuais, é um problema de saúde pública mundial, pois vem crescendo em ritmo acelerado, segundo a Organização Mundial de Saúde (OMS) a projeção para 2015 seria de aproximadamente 2,3 bilhões de adultos com excesso de peso e mais de 700 milhões de obesos 44 , é interessante o conhecimento sobre a farmacoterapia da obesidade disponível atualmente no mercado farmacêutico brasileiro.…”
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