Establishing Clinically Significant Patient-reported Outcomes for Diverticular Disease

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BACKGROUND: Diverticular disease can undermine health-related quality of life. The diverticulitis quality of life (DV-QOL) instrument was designed and validated to measure patient-reported burden of diverticular disease. However, values reflecting meaningful improvement (i.e., minimal clinically important difference [MCID]) and the patient acceptable symptom state (PASS) have yet to be established. We sought to establish the MCID and PASS of the DV-QOL and describe the characteristics of those with DV-QOL above the PASS threshold.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: We performed a prospective cohort study of adults with diverticular disease from seven centers in Washington and California (2016-2018). Patients were surveyed at baseline, then quarterly up to 30 mo. To determine the MCID and PASS for DV-QOL, we applied various previously established distribution- and anchor-based approaches and compared the resulting values.

RESULTS: The study included 177 patients (mean age 57 y, 43% women). A PASS threshold of 3.2/10 distinguished between those with and without health-related quality of life-impacting diverticulitis with acceptable accuracy (area under the curve 0.76). A change of 2.2 points in the DV-QOL was the most appropriate MCID: above the distribution-based MCIDs and corresponding to patient perception of importance of change (AUC 0.70). Patients with DV-QOL ≥ PASS were more often men, younger, had Medicaid, had more serious episodes of diverticulitis, and had an occupational degree or high-school education or less.

CONCLUSIONS: Our study is the first to define MCID and PASS for DV-QOL. These thresholds are critical for measuring the impact of diverticular disease and the evaluation of treatment effectiveness.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:264

Enthalten in:

The Journal of surgical research - 264(2021) vom: 07. Aug., Seite 20-29

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Khor, Sara [VerfasserIn]
Flum, David R [VerfasserIn]
Strate, Lisa L [VerfasserIn]
Hantouli, Mariam N [VerfasserIn]
Harris, Heather M [VerfasserIn]
Lavallee, Danielle C [VerfasserIn]
Spiegel, Brennan Mr [VerfasserIn]
Davidson, Giana H [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Diverticulitis quality of life
Health-related quality of life (HRQoL)
Journal Article
Minimal clinically important difference (MCID)
Multicenter Study
Observational Study
Patient acceptable symptom state (PASS)
Patient-reported outcomes
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Symptomatic uncomplicated diverticular disease (SUDD)

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Date Completed 23.09.2021

Date Revised 02.08.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jss.2021.01.045

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM323011756