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. 2019 Mar 18;19:19. doi: 10.1186/s12894-019-0448-6

Table 4.

Quality of life in men with prostate cancer

Study (year) Health state Mean (SD or 95% CI) utility value
EQ-5D EORTC-8D PORPUS-U HUI-2 HUI-3 QWB
France
 Sullivan et al. (2007) [54] Metastatic hormone refractory prostate cancer, baseline 0.669
Germany
 Sullivan et al. (2007) [54] Metastatic hormone refractory prostate cancer, baseline 0.527
UK
 Sullivan et al. (2007) [54] Metastatic hormone refractory prostate cancer, baseline 0.715
 Hall et al. (2015) [45] Baseline, at diagnosis 0.838
9 months post-diagnosis 0.868
15 months post-diagnosis 0.868
 Lloyd et al. (2015) [55] MCRPC asymptomatic/mildly symptomatic before chemotherapy 0.830 (0.126) 0.856 (0.089)
MCRPC symptomatic before chemotherapy 0.625 (0.173) 0.697 (0.118)
MCRPC currently receiving chemotherapy 0.692 (0.219) 0.750 (0.117)
MCRPC post chemotherapy 0.700 (0.183) 0.753 (0.133)
 Watson et al. (2016) [56] Diagnosed with prostate cancer in previous 9–24 months (overall) 0.852 (0.173)
No moderate/big problem with urine function 0.868 (0.160)
No moderate/big problem with bowel function 0.862 (0.166)
No moderate/big problem with sexual function 0.861 (0.176)
Moderate/big problem with urine function 0.773 (0.222)
Moderate/big problem with bowel function 0.653 (0.195)
Moderate/big problem with sexual function 0.838 (0.170)
Canada
 Krahn et al. (2013) [57] Prostate cancer survivors (overall) 0.91 (0.08) 0.85 (0.15) 0.78 (0.24)
 Krahn et al. (2007) [58] Localized prostate cancer receiving radical prostatectomy, radiation, or hormonal therapy 0.84 0.87 0.81 0.61
Metastatic disease 0.84 0.86 0.82 0.63
Stable patients 0.85 0.86 0.81 0.63
 Ku et al. (2009) [59] Patients undergoing radical prostatectomy, baseline (pre-surgery) 0.94 (0.93–0.95)
Patients undergoing radical prostatectomy, 0–3 months post surgery 0.81 (0.79–0.82)
Patients undergoing radical prostatectomy, 3–9 months post surgery 0.87 (0.86–0.89)
Patients undergoing radical prostatectomy, 9–18 months post surgery 0.89 (0.87–0.90)
Patients undergoing radical prostatectomy, 18–30 months post surgery 0.90 (0.88–0.91)
 Sullivan et al. (2007) [54] Metastatic hormone refractory prostate cancer, baseline 0.750
 Gries et al. (2016) [60] Men at risk for prostate cancer 0.83 (0.168) 0.77 (0.238)
Men with prostate cancer 0.83 (0–124) 0.75 (0.260)
General population 0.87 (0.136) 0.84 (0.178)
 Bremner et al. (2007) [61] Men with prostate cancer (overall population) 0.80 (0.19) 0.65 (0.13)

MCRPC metastatic hormone resistant prostate cancer