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- Title
Utility values in Japanese patients with exudative age-related macular degeneration.
- Authors
Yanagi, Yasuo; Ueta, Takashi; Obata, Ryo; Iriyama, Aya; Fukuda, Takashi; Hashimoto, Hideki
- Abstract
Purpose: To investigate the utility values associated with visual loss due to age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in Japanese patients. Methods: Utility values in 48 Japanese patients with bilateral exudative AMD were measured using the time trade-off and standard gamble methods. Results: The time trade-off method utility values correlated with the best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) in the better-seeing eye. The estimated utility values according to the BCVA in the better-seeing eye were 0.534 (BCVA, 0.01-0.15), 0.574 (0.2-0.3), 0.613 (0.4-0.6), and 0.653 (0.7-1.0). The utility values obtained by the standard gamble method were not significantly correlated with BCVA in the betterseeing eye. Conclusions: The present results concur with those of previous studies showing that AMD causes a substantial decrease in patient utility values. The utility values obtained in the current study provide important information for use in cost-utility analysis of interventions for Japanese AMD patients.
- Subjects
RETINAL degeneration; DEGENERATION (Pathology); RETINAL diseases; EYE diseases; VISUAL acuity
- Publication
Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology, 2011, Vol 55, Issue 1, p35
- ISSN
0021-5155
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10384-010-0893-y