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ArticleHealth and quality of life outcomes2025

Estimating a preference-based index for patients with myasthenia gravis from the MGQoL-6D measure.

Richard Huan Xu, Richard Norman, Ji Liu, Dong Dong

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Richard Huan XuDepartment of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China. Richard.xu@polyu.edu.hk.
Richard NormanSchool of Population Health, Curtin University, Perth, Australia.
Ji LiuBeijing Aili Myasthenia Gravis Care Center, Beijing, China.
Dong DongJC School of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. dongdong@cuhk.edu.hk.

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Start-up Fund for RAPs under the Strategic Hiring Scheme of Hong Kong Polytechnic University A0036603
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Abstract

objectiveMyasthenia gravis is a chronic neuromuscular disease that causes weakness. It's uncertain whether generic health instruments can adequately capture its impact. This study aimed to develop a scoring system to generate utility values for all health states defined by the myasthenia gravis quality of life 6-dimension (MGQoL-6D) classification in Chinese patients with myasthenia gravis (MG).

methodsThe data used in this study were obtained from a web-based cross-sectional study conducted in China. Patients with MG were invited to complete an online discrete choice experiment (DCE) survey. Each participant completed 10 randomly assigned choice pairs from a set of 40 choice pairs, with each pair comprising two health states and a duration attribute. Conditional logistic regression analysis was employed to analyse the data, which included responses from 300 patients.

resultsUtility decrements estimated by conditional logit regression were generally monotonic, with the largest decrements observed for emotion (- 0.419), social activity (- 0.323), and hobbies and fun activities (- 0.323). The MGQoL-6D utility scores ranged between - 0.559 and 1.

conclusionThis study established utility weights for the MGQoL-6D that can facilitate cost-utility analyses related to MG-related health interventions and technologies.

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Myasthenia GravisPatient PreferenceQuality of LifeAdultAgedChinaCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPsychometricsSurveys and QuestionnairesMyasthenia GravisPreference-based measuresQuality of lifeValuation

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