The Estimation of Health-Related Quality of Life Losses Due to a Technological Disaster in Brazil Using the EQ-5D-3L

Monica V. Andrade , Centro de Desenvolvimento e Planejamento Regional (CEDEPLAR), UFMG
Kenya V. Noronha, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)
André Santos, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Aline Souza, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Gilvan R. Guedes, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)
Bernardo Diniz, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Anderson Cavalcanti, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Aline Magalhães, Cedeplar | UFMG
Denise Duarte, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Paul Kind, University of Leeds

OBJECTIVE: This study aims to use EQ-5D-3L to estimate HRQoL loss due to one of the largest technological disasters in the world. METHODS: We collected data from a probabilistic sample of 459 individuals aged over 15 years old. Pre-event data were not available for this population so that respondents were asked to currently and retrospectively evaluate their health status using EQ-5D-3L. As far is known, this is the first application of EQ-5D in measuring a negative health shock suffered by an entire community. RESULTS: Catastrophic losses due to the Samarco disaster were found. Around 72% of the study population suffered some HRQoL loss. On average, EQ-5Dindex values decreased from 0.94 to 0.74 , resulting in a mean loss of about 29% for men and 32% for women. CONCLUSION: The EQ-5D-3L instrument showed feasibility and sensitiveness to measure HRQoL losses due to a negative health shock in a low-income Brazilian population.

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