I'm looking for an estimate of the level of health related quality of life experienced by patients who have contracted ventilator-associated pneumonia after cardiac surgery.
If this comes from a generic preference based QoL instrument (e.g. EQ-5D), that would be even better.
The 15D could be an interesting questionnaire for you as you are looking for a generic preference-based QOL Instrument.
I am not aware of a study evaluating the use of the 15D in pneumonia patients but I know a study comparing the 15D and a respiratory system specific questionnaire in COPD patients. The results were convincing.
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Thank you Dr Brettschneider. Unfortunately, I am unable to collect patient level data by administering a questionnaire at this stage, so I'm more interested in a single estimate of the 'utility' decrement associated with contacting ventilator associated pneumonia. I take it that this is a short lived infection, which however has an impact on a patient's quality of life.
Ok. If you are looking for a single estimate try the CEA Registry. There you can find referenced utility weights for different diseases or health states.
https://research.tufts-nemc.org/cear4/SearchingtheCEARegistry/SearchtheCEARegistry.aspx
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