Calculating Utilities From the Spine Oncology Study Group Outcomes Questionnaire

Abstract

Supplemental Digital Content is available in the text Quality-adjusted-life-year weights (utilities) for metastatic disease were measured for the Spine Oncology Study Group Outcomes Questionnaire. Analysis revealed that participants did not regard all questionnaire items as equally important. We provide a simple technique for converting the SOSGOQ2.0 to utilities which will facilitate economic analysis and patient counseling.