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Direct comparisons of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) outcomes between non-randomized groups might be biased, as outcomes are confounded by imbalance in pre-treatment patient characteristics. Such bias can be reduced by adjusting on observed covariates. This is the setting of HRQoL comparisons with reference data, where age and gender adjustment is commonly used for this purpose. However, other observed covariates can be used to lessen this bias and yield more precise estimates. The objective of this study is to show that more accurate HRQoL comparisons with reference data can be obtained, accounting for few covariates in addition to age and gender by a propensity score matching approach.

Original publication

DOI

10.1002/sim.5868

Type

Journal article

Journal

Stat med

Publication Date

20/12/2013

Volume

32

Pages

5119 - 5132

Keywords

health-related quality of life, propensity score matching, reference data, selection bias, Bias, Blindness, Computer Simulation, Female, Humans, Male, Propensity Score, Quality of Life, Surveys and Questionnaires