Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-10-2024
Abstract
We assessed the feasibility to estimate illness burden in adults with SCD, investigated factors associated with health-related quality of life (HRQoL), and estimated societal burden. We recruited 32 participants and collected data on fatigue, HRQoL, and work productivity and activity impairment via patient survey. Health care utilization was abstracted for the 12 months before enrollment using medical chart review. Mean age was 36.7 years; 84.4% of participants had hemoglobin SS or Sβthal0 disease, and 81.3% reported chronic pain (experiencing pain on ≥3 days per week in the past 6 months). Mean EQ-5D-3L visual analogue scale score was 63.4 and the index score was 0.79. The mean fatigue score was 57.9. Higher fatigue score was correlated with lower EQ-5D index score (correlation coefficient r = −0.35; P = .049) and Adult Sickle Cell Quality of Life Measurement Information System (ASCQ-Me) scores, including pain (r = −0.47; P = .006), sleep (r = −0.38; P = .03), and emotion scores (r = −0.79; P < .0001). The number of hospitalizations was negatively correlated with HRQoL (all P < .05). Patients who reported chronic pain had significantly lower mean ASCQ-Me sleep scores (48.3 vs 57.1; P = .04) and EQ-5D index scores (0.72 vs 0.89; P = .002) than those without chronic pain. Mean estimated annual per person costs were $51 779 (median, $36 366) for total costs, $7619 ($0) for indirect costs (estimated from lost earnings of participants), and $44 160 ($31 873) for medical costs. Fatigue, SCD complications, hospitalization, and chronic pain negatively affected HRQoL. This sample experienced a high economic burden, largely from outpatient doctor visits.
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Lanzkron, Sophie; Crook, Nicole; Wu, Joanne; Hussain, Sarah; Curtis, Randall G.; Robertson, Derek; Baker, Judith R.; Nugent, Diane; Soni, Amit; Roberts, Jonathan C.; Ullman, Megan M.; Kanter, Julie; and Nichol, Michael B., "Costs and Impact of Disease in Adults With Sickle Cell Disease: A Pilot Study" (2024). Cardeza Foundation for Hematologic Research. Paper 81.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/cardeza_foundation/81
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Language
English
Comments
This article is the author's final published version in Blood Advances, Volume 8, Issue 14, July 2024, Pg. 3629 – 3638.
The published version is available at https://doi.org/10.1182/bloodadvances.2023012477. Copyright © 2024 by The American Society of Hematology.