Manual Short Form- Health and Labour Questionnaire (SF-HLQ)

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Table of contents1. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................... 4BACKGROUND............................................................................................................................................. 4THE QUESTIONNAIRE .................................................................................................................................. 5RANDOM SAMPLE SIZE, EFFECT SIZE AND MEASUREMENT MOMENTS .......................................................... 6IMPLEMENTATION ....................................................................................................................................... 62. SF-HLQ: MODULES, SCORES AND VALUATIONS........................................................................ 7MODULE 1: ABSENCE FROM PAID WORK ..................................................................................................... 7Scoring module 1................................................................................................................................. 7Valuation module 1.............................................................................................................................. 8Costs per friction period...................................................................................................................... 9MODULE 2: PRODUCTION LOSSES NOT DUE TOT ABSENTEEISM FROM PAID WORK....................................... 9Scoring module 2.............................................................................................................................. 11Valuation module 2............................................................................................................................ 11MODULE 3: HINDRANCES IN PERFORMING PAID AND UNPAID WORK ......................................................... 12Scoring hindrance module 3 ............................................................................................................ 14Scoring substitution unpaid work (question 11) ............................................................................ 15Valuation substitution unpaid work.................................................................................................. 163. USER CONDITIONS............................................................................................................................. 174. REFERENCES ....................................................................................................................................... 18APPENDIX I QUESTIONNAIRE ........................................................................................................... 19APPENDIX II CODE BOOK SF-HLQ ................................................................................................... 27APPENDIX III REGISTRATION FORM FOR THE USE OF THE SF-HLQ................................... 333
1. IntroductionBackgroundIn economic evaluations both costs and benefits of medical interventions are examined. Theguidelines established for pharmaco-economic research stipulate that an economic evaluation beperformed from a societal perspective, i.e., that all costs and benefits be included in the analysis,regardless of by whom the costs are borne or to whom the benefits accrue (1). In healthcareeconomics, costs are distinguished into direct and indirect costs. These are subsequentlyallocated to costs incurred within and outside the healthcare system, and may be shown asfollows:Figure 1. Distribution of costs in healthcare economicsInside the healthcare systemOutside the healthcare systemDirect costs Medical costs Patient costsIndirect costs Costs during life years gained Production lossesDirect costs mainly consist of the costs of medical resources that are used, the medicalconsumption. Indirect non-medical costs are made up of costs of productivity losses caused byabsence from work due to health problems. The questionnaire discussed in this manualconcentrates on the assessment of productivity losses.Costs in economic evaluations are valued in accordance with the concept of opportunity costs.Meaning that scarcity of resources necessitates trade-offs and, consequently, utilisation ofresources for a certain target implies that an (next best) alternative for these resources must begiven up.Human resources (labour time) can be utilised for paid work as well as for unpaid work. E.g.individuals may prefer to spend less time on paid work thus resulting in extra time for leisure orvolunteer activities, or family care. Productivity losses of paid work may be caused by absencefrom work due to health problems. This absence from work may be of short or long duration. Nextto this, there are possibly productivity losses without absenteeism. E.g. someone is present atwork despite a rising migraine. This health condition may cause a situation in which the amount ofwork that is realized after a working day is lower than usual. In these cases efficiency lossesoccur.4
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