Although it fails to provide a definitive answer, a meta-analysis provides quantitative data to inform discussions with patients with uncomplicated acute appendicitis.
Background: Measuring health related quality-of-life (HRQoL) of the general population is essential to establish a reference for health outcome evaluations. This study sought to establish EQ-5D-5L population norms in Australia and to investigate the heterogeneity of HRQoL between sociodemographic variables. Methods: A cross-sectional study comprising of a representative sample of Australia’s general population (n = 9958) aged 18 or older. Recruitment quotas were set for the Australian census population by age, sex, state/territory of residence and rurality. Participants were recruited by Qualtrics through its database of over 800,000 registered panel members and asked to value their own state of health using the EQ-5D-5L domains and the EuroQol-Visual Analogue Scale (EQ-VAS). An Australian value set developed using Discreet Choice Experiment was used to calculate utility scores. Results: The estimated mean EQ-5D-5L index for Australia’s general population was 0.86 (standard deviati
In patients with SSc, the presence of inflammatory arthritis is significantly associated with diffuse disease, musculoskeletal manifestations, myositis, and sicca.