Abstract

Objective

In Indonesia, no study has been published to evaluate the utility scores among children with pneumonia. This study aims to quantify the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of children with pneumonia in Indonesia using the EuroQoL Descriptive System (EQ-5D-5L) value set for Indonesia.

Methods

A hospital-based cross-sectional survey was conducted between September 2017 and March 2018. Children aged 14 years old who were hospitalized for pneumonia in 11 hospitals in Yogyakarta were recruited for this study. The EQ-5D-5L and visual analogue scale (EQ-VAS) were applied to the parents (proxy-assessment).

Results

A total of 384 patients were hospitalized with pneumonia. Among those patients, 338 (88.02%) were without congenital diseases; and 46 (11.98%) were with congenital diseases. The mean of utility scores in all patients was 0.67 ± 0.28, while the mean of visual analog scale (VAS) score was 67.66 ± 21.98. The mean of utility scores and VAS scores decreased among those with congenital diseases, which is 0.51 ± 0.51 and 65.41 ± 19.42, respectively. However, the utility score and VAS scores among patients without congenital diseases were higher than the category of all patients. Showing the number of,0.69 ± 0.23 and 68.0 ± 22.3, respectively.

Conclusions

This study confirmed that children with pneumonia had a negative impact on HRQOL. The HRQOL could be used for future economic evaluation studies.