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Chong, Christopher A. K. Y., Li, Sicong, Nguyen, Geoffrey C., Sutton, A. J., Levy, M. H. (Michael H.), Butler, Tony, Krahn, Murray and Thein, Hla-Hla (2009) Health-state utilities in a prisoner population : a cross-sectional survey. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, Vol.7 (No.78). doi:10.1186/1477-7525-7-78 ISSN 1477-7525.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7525-7-78.
Abstract
Background: Health-state utilities for prisoners have not been described.
Methods: We used data from a 1996 cross-sectional survey of Australian prisoners (n = 734).
Respondent-level SF-36 data was transformed into utility scores by both the SF-6D and Nichol's
method. Socio-demographic and clinical predictors of SF-6D utility were assessed in univariate
analyses and a multivariate general linear model.
Results: The overall mean SF-6D utility was 0.725 (SD 0.119). When subdivided by various medical
conditions, prisoner SF-6D utilities ranged from 0.620 for angina to 0.764 for those with none/mild
depressive symptoms. Utilities derived by the Nichol's method were higher than SF-6D scores,
often by more than 0.1. In multivariate analysis, significant independent predictors of worse utility
included female gender, increasing age, increasing number of comorbidities and more severe
depressive symptoms.
Conclusion: The utilities presented may prove useful for future economic and decision models
evaluating prison-based health programs.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Life Sciences (2010- ) > Biological Sciences ( -2010) | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Prisoners -- Health and hygiene -- Australia, Medical care -- Research -- Australia | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Health and Quality of Life Outcomes | ||||
Publisher: | BioMed Central Ltd. | ||||
ISSN: | 1477-7525 | ||||
Official Date: | 28 August 2009 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.7 | ||||
Number: | No.78 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1186/1477-7525-7-78 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||
Funder: | Corrections Health Service (N.S.W.) (CHS), New South Wales. Dept. of Health (DoH), Lakeridge Health Oshawa (LHO) |
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