The Methodological Challenges for the Estimation of Quality of Life in Children for Use in Economic Evaluation in Low-Income Countries Travor Mabugu, BSc, PgDip, Paul Revill, MSc, Bernard van den Berg, PhD Value in Health Regional Issues Volume 2, Issue 2, Pages 231-239 (September 2013) DOI: 10.1016/j.vhri.2013.07.005 Copyright © 2013 International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) Terms and Conditions
Fig. 1 Flow chart of literature search events. Thirty-five articles were excluded for a number of reasons, with the main reasons for exclusion being as follows: assessed the QOL of adults with HIV-infected children (13 articles), commentaries (3) or letters (4) that highlighted measurement issues of QOL in HIV-infected children, compared the type of interview (researcher vs. self-administered interviews) (2 articles), the tools used applied to children older than 18 years (8 articles), and reviews that highlighted general measurement of health outcomes in both children and adults (5 articles). We ensured that tools used or mentioned in these excluded articles were captured in the final 13 articles used in the analysis. QOL, quality of life. Value in Health Regional Issues 2013 2, 231-239DOI: (10.1016/j.vhri.2013.07.005) Copyright © 2013 International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) Terms and Conditions