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Neutral Theory: Applicability and Neutrality of Using Generic Health-related Quality of Life Tools in Diseases or Conditions Where Specific Tools Are Available by Jandhyala, Ravi (author) is a Mathematics article available to read on EtoBox.
What is Neutral Theory: Applicability and Neutrality of Using Generic Health-related Quality of Life Tools in Diseases or Conditions Where Specific Tools Are Available about?
## Background Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) tools are limited by the indicators included in the construct and variation in interpretation by different researchers. Neutral Theory describes the ideal construct that includes all relevant indicators and, therefore, complete accuracy, or neutrality. Neutral Theory can thereby provide the framework to develop or test constructs. To assess the application of Neutral Theory, the neutrality of generic tools (SF-36 and EQ-5D) at measuring HRQoL was compared to disease/condition-specific tools, with the latter considered surrogates for the Neutral construct. ## Methods Full descriptions of all disease/condition-specific HRQoL tools published on PubMed (to 01-Jul-19) were sourced. For each tool, the number of items with and without a direct match within the SF-36 and EQ-5D was recorded and the sensitivity/specificity calculated. ## Results The SF-36 and EQ-5D did not achieve a sensitivity/specificity both > 50% against any of the 163 disease/condition-specific tools identified. At 20% prevalence of poor HRQoL, the false positive rate (FPR) was > 75% for all but two tools against the SF-36 and six tools against the EQ-5D. Increasing p
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- Author
- Jandhyala, Ravi (author)
- Publisher
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC
- Published
- 2021
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Mathematics (Physical Sciences)