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. 2024 Mar 11;41(5):1860–1884. doi: 10.1007/s12325-024-02817-w

Table 3.

HRQoL, HCRU, and cost outcomes in the prior MDD medication treatment failure subgroup across MDD severity levels

Outcomes Participants with prior MDD medication treatment failure
Minimal/mild MDD (n = 517) Moderate MDD (n = 244) Mod severe MDD (n = 187) Severe MDD (n = 129)
Mean HRQoL scoresa
 SF-36v2 Mental Component Summary 42.3 32.9*** 27.5*** 21.8***
SF-36v2 Physical Component Summary 47.8 45.8** 45.8* 43.9***
 EQ-5D VAS 67.6 58.3*** 55.0*** 45.3***
 SF-6D Health State Utility Score 0.65 0.57*** 0.54*** 0.51***
 EQ-5D-5L Utility Score 0.76 0.70*** 0.63*** 0.52***
Mean number of HCRU visits in the last 6 months
 Health care provider 8.50 9.28 9.79 10.27
 Emergency department 0.27 0.31 0.28 0.38
 Hospitalizations 0.10 0.15 0.10 0.22*
Mean annualized total costs
 Indirect $3124 $5146** $5237** $7557***
  Cost of absenteeism $884 $1638 $1831 $2812*
  Cost of presenteeism $2143 $3347** $3300* $4459**
 Direct $9852 $12,303 $10,035 $15,420*
Total (indirect + direct) $13,930 $17,973* $15,858 $24,487**

EQ-5D-5L EuroQol Five-Dimension 5 Level, EQ-5D VAS EuroQol Five-Dimension Visual Analogue Scale, HCRU health care resource utilization, HRQoL health-related quality of life, MDD major depressive disorder, Mod Severe moderately severe, SF-36v2 Short Form-36v2 Health Survey, SF-6D Short Form 6-Dimension

*P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001 vs minimal/mild MDD prior medication treatment failure cohort

aHigher EQ-5D VAS and SF-36v2 scores are indicative of better health and less disease severity. SF-6D health state utility scores and EQ-5D-5L utility scores closer to 1.0 indicate better health