Espirito Santo, Caique Melo http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1175-2211
Miyamoto, Gisela Cristiane http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6826-4278
Santos, Verônica Souza http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1433-818X
Ben, Ângela Jornada http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4793-9026
Finch, Aureliano Paolo http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1438-321X
Roudijk, Bram http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5000-0875
de Jesus-Moraleida, Fabianna Resende http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3797-949X
Stein, Airton Tetelbom http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8756-8699
Santos, Marisa http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2174-6800
Yamato, Tiê Parma http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5228-1292
Funding for this research was provided by:
EuroQol Research Foundation (220-VS, 220-VS)
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (2021/08776-4, 2019/12049-0, 2017/17484-1)
Article History
Accepted: 27 May 2024
First Online: 2 July 2024
Declarations
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: This study was funded by the EuroQol Research Foundation (220-VS). Caique de Melo do Espirito Santo was granted PhD scholarship from the Sao Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP)—process number 2021/08776-4; Verônica Souza Santos was granted a PhD scholarship from the Sao Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP)—process number 2019/12049-0; and Tiê Parma Yamato received a research grant from the Sao Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP)—process number 2017/17484-1. The funding agencies (the EuroQol Research Foundation and the Sao Paulo Research Foundation—FAPESP) of this study had no influence on the design of the study and collection, analysis, and interpretation of data and writing of the manuscript.
: Aureliano Paolo Finch and Bram Roudijk are both employed by the EuroQol Research Foundation, and Marisa Santos is a member of the EuroQol Group. The views expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the EuroQol Research Foundation. Caique de Melo do Espirito Santo, Gisela Cristiane Miyamoto, Verônica Souza Santos, Ângela Jornada Ben, Fabianna Resende de Jesus-Moraleida, Airton Tetelbom Stein, and Tiê Parma Yamato have no conflicts of interest to declare.
: All data included in this study are freely available upon request to the study authors or can be obtained from the EuroQol office. The descriptions and syntaxes for estimating utilities using R, STATA, SPSS, and Microsoft Excel are available in the supplementary material. Additionally, the calculator for estimating utilities is also free available at: .
: This study was approved by the Human Ethics Committee of the Universidade Cidade de São Paulo (CAAE: 45241321.6.0000.0064) and we certify that the study was performed in accordance with the ethical standards as laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki.
: Informed consent was obtained from all participants included in the study.
: C.M.E.S., G.C.M., V.S.S., M.S., A.P.F., F.R.J.M., A.T.S., and T.P.Y. developed the study design. C.M.E.S., G.C.M., V.S.S., F.R.J.M., and A.T.S. collected data. G.C.M., A.J.B., A.P.F., B.R., and T.P.Y. analyzed and interpreted data for the work. C.M.E.S., G.C.M., V.S.S., A.J.B., A.P.F., B.R., F.R.J.M., A.T.S., M.S., and T.P.Y. drafted and reviewed the content of the work. All authors read and approved the final version of the manuscript to be published.