Xue Li, Rui Li, Feiyi Xiao, Kun Zhao, Xiaolu Zhang, Xinyi Wang, Meichen Li, Ke Guo, Li Wang, Yanan Wu, Harriette Van Spall, Tiantian Gao, Qiang Fu, Feng Xie
OBJECTIVES: China Health-Related Outcomes Measures (CHROME) was an initiative aimed at developing a system of preference-based health-related quality of life instruments for China. CHROME-cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a CVD-specific instrument with 14 items developed under this initiative. This study aimed to test the psychometric properties of CHROME-CVD. METHODS: This validation study was conducted using cross-sectional questionnaire survey in China. Eligible patients with CVD were recruited and asked to complete the CHROME-CVD, the EQ-5D-5L, and a CVD-specific nonpreference-based health-related quality of life instrument selected according to the confirmed diagnosis of the patients...
January 18, 2024: Value in Health: the Journal of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research