作者
Stella T Lartey, Lei Si, Barbara de Graaff, Costan G Magnussen, Hasnat Ahmad, Julie Campbell, Richard Berko Biritwum, Nadia Minicuci, Paul Kowal, Andrew J Palmer
发表日期
2019/9/1
期刊
Value in Health
卷号
22
期号
9
页码范围
1042-1049
出版商
Elsevier
简介
Background
Obesity is a major public health challenge and its prevalence has increased across the age spectrum from 1980 to date in most parts of the world including sub-Saharan Africa. Studies that derive health state utilities (HSUs) stratified by weight status to support the conduct of economic evaluations and prioritization of cost-effective weight management interventions are lacking in sub-Saharan Africa.
Objectives
To estimate age- and sex-specific HSUs for Ghana, along with HSUs by weight status. Associations between HSUs and overweight and obesity will be examined.
Study Design
Cross-sectional survey of the Ghanaian population.
Methods
Data were sourced from the World Health Organization Study of Global AGEing and Adult Health (WHO SAGE), 2014 to 2015. Using a “judgment-based mapping” method, responses to items from the World Health Organization Quality-of-Life (WHOQOL-100) used in …
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