MO845EUROQOL EQ-5D-3L IN DIALYSIS POPULATION IN COLOMBIA

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Abstract Background and Aims The EuroQol-5D (EQ-5D-3L) is a generic questionnaire to evaluate the quality of life related to health, and simultaneously facilitates the obtaining of preference values (utilities) In the economic evaluation of health interventions. Quality-adjusted life year (QALY) is a commonly used metric. Our objective is to evaluate the quality of life (QoL) and obtaining of utilities according the dialytic treatment. Method This was an observational, multicentre cross-sectional study. Prevalent patients on dialysis for at least 90 days, older than 18, at the Baxter Renal Care Services Colombia were included between August 2, 2019, to December 11, 2020. Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of all patients were summarized descriptively, additionally, all categorical variables were compared with Pearson’s χ2 test or Fisher’s exact test and continuous variables were analysed with Student’s t-test or Mann Whitney U test. The difference in the QoL by domains will be evaluated using Pearson's χ2 test or Fisher’s exact test. The EQ VAS provides a quantitative measure of the patient’s perception of their overall health. Results A total 254 patients were evaluated, the median age was 55 years, 55% were men. At enrolment the median dialysis vintage 3.2 years, and 63% were in peritoneal dialysis treatment (Table 1). We did not find differences in the proportions by dialysis treatment when exploring each of the 5 dimensions of the QoL (Table 2). We observed that the patient´s perception of their overall health was similar median EQ VAS score 80 in HD and EQ VAS score 80 in PD (Figure 1). We did not find statistically significant differences in health status 11111, which represents not having problems in any dimension 46.8% versus 45.6%, HD and PD respectively, p-value= 0.855. Conclusion The quality of life reported by the patients and health status in haemodialysis was similar to peritoneal dialysis.