The effect of gout on health-related quality of life, work productivity, resource use and clinical outcomes among patients with hypertensionMarco daCosta Dibonaventura
Health Outcomes Practice, Kantar Health, NY, USA
Expert Rev Pharmacoecon Outcomes Res 12:821-9. 2012
..05) was also observed among patients with comorbid gout. Results demonstrate that gout has significant and clinically meaningful impact on work productivity, physical HRQoL and utilities independent of other health conditions...
The association of sleep difficulties with health-related quality of life among patients with fibromyalgiaJan Samuel Wagner
Health Outcomes Practice, Kantar Health, 11 Madison Avenue, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10010, USA
BMC Musculoskelet Disord 13:199. 2012
..The aim of the current study was to assess the burden of sleep difficulty symptoms on HRQoL among patients with FM...
- The burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease among employed adults
Marco daCosta Dibonaventura
Health Sciences Practice, Kantar Health, New York, NY 10010, USA
Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis 7:211-9. 2012
..To examine quality of life, work productivity, and health care resource use among employed adults ages 40-64 years with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in the United States...
- The burden of viral hepatitis C in Europe: a propensity analysis of patient outcomes
Marco Dacosta Dibonaventura
Health Economics and Outcomes Research, Health Sciences Practice, Kantar Health, 11 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10010, USA
Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol 24:869-77. 2012
..The aim of the current study is to examine the burden of HCV in the European Union (EU) from a patient perspective...
- Comparison of health-related quality of life among patients using atypical antipsychotics for treatment of depression: results from the National Health and Wellness Survey
Iftekhar Kalsekar
Bristol Myers Squibb, 777 Scudders Mill Road, Plainsboro, NJ 08536, USA
Health Qual Life Outcomes 10:81. 2012
..Therefore, the objective of this study was to examine the levels of HRQoL and health utility scores in patients with depression using aripiprazole compared with patients using olanzapine, quetiapine, risperidone and ziprasidone...
- The association of HIV/AIDS treatment side effects with health status, work productivity, and resource use
Marco Dacosta Dibonaventura
Health Sciences Practice, Kantar Health, New York, NY, USA
AIDS Care 24:744-55. 2012
..Improved management of these side effects or development of treatments with a better side effect profile may have a substantial humanistic and economic benefit...
- A patient perspective of the impact of medication side effects on adherence: results of a cross-sectional nationwide survey of patients with schizophrenia
Marco DiBonaventura
Health Sciences Practice, Kantar Health, 11 Madison Avenue, 12th Floor, New York, NY, USA
BMC Psychiatry 12:20. 2012
..The aim of the current study was to examine the relationship between these variables among community-dwelling patients with schizophrenia...
- The impact of COPD on quality of life, productivity loss, and resource use among the elderly United States workforce
Marco daCosta Dibonaventura
Kantar Health, New York, NY, 10010, USA
COPD 9:46-57. 2012
..Quality of life and work productivity suffered among employed adults aged 65 years and older with COPD, emphasizing the need for disease management in this population...
- Evaluating the health and economic impact of osteoarthritis pain in the workforce: results from the National Health and Wellness Survey
Marco daCosta Dibonaventura
Pfizer, Inc, NY 10017, USA
BMC Musculoskelet Disord 12:83. 2011
..This study evaluated the impact of OA pain on healthcare resource utilization, productivity and costs in employed individuals...
Treatment patterns and perceptions of treatment attributes, satisfaction and effectiveness among patients with psoriasisMarco daCosta Dibonaventura
Kantar Health, New York, NY 10010, USA
J Drugs Dermatol 9:938-44. 2010
..Overall, this study suggests that treatment options vary (at a statistically significant level) as a function of severity, and many patients, despite the choices in the number and quality of treatment options, are generally dissatisfied...
- Health-related quality of life, work productivity and health care resource use associated with constipation predominant irritable bowel syndrome
Marco DiBonaventura
Kantar Health, New York, NY 10010, USA
Curr Med Res Opin 27:2213-22. 2011
..The aim of this study was to assess the effect of IBS-C on health-related quality of life (HRQOL), work productivity and activity impairment, and health care resource use...
- Association between pain severity and health care resource use, health status, productivity and related costs in painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy patients
Marco daCosta Dibonaventura
Health Sciences Practice, Kantar Health, New York, New York 10010, USA
Pain Med 12:799-807. 2011
..Research has shown that painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy (pDPN) is associated with worse health outcomes. However, among pDPN patients, few studies have examined the relationship between the severity of pain and health outcomes...
- The impact of hepatitis C on labor force participation, absenteeism, presenteeism and non-work activities
Marco daCosta Dibonaventura
Health Sciences Practice, Kantar Health, New York, NY, USA
J Med Econ 14:253-61. 2011
..Although many studies have investigated the impact of HCV on direct healthcare costs, few studies have estimated the indirect costs associated with the virus using a nationally-representative dataset...
- The relationship between patient-reported tolerability issues with oral antidiabetic agents and work productivity among patients having type 2 diabetes
Marco DiBonaventura
Kantar Health, New York, NY, USA
J Occup Environ Med 53:204-10. 2011
..To investigate the association between reported oral antidiabetic tolerability issues and work productivity, activity impairment, and indirect costs...
- Humanistic and economic impacts of hepatitis C infection in the United States
Marco daCosta Dibonaventura
Health Sciences Practice, Kantar Health, New York, NY 10010, USA
J Med Econ 13:709-18. 2010
..uses a propensity score matching methodology to address the following research question: is the presence of diagnosed hepatitis C (HCV) associated with poorer health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and greater healthcare resource use?..
- A longitudinal assessment of painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy on health status, productivity, and health care utilization and cost
Marco Dacosta Dibonaventura
Health Sciences Practice, Kantar Health, 11 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10010, USA
Pain Med 12:118-26. 2011
..The aim of the current study was to examine the health outcomes of patients suffering from painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy (pDPN) over a 3-year period, relative to patients with diabetes but without neuropathic pain and controls...
- Impact of self-rated osteoarthritis severity in an employed population: cross-sectional analysis of data from the national health and wellness survey
Marco daCosta Dibonaventura
Kantar Health, New York, NY, USA
Health Qual Life Outcomes 10:30. 2012
..The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of self-rated OA severity on quality of life, healthcare resource utilization, productivity and costs in an employed population relative to employed individuals without OA...
- The burden of diurnal and nocturnal gastroesophageal reflux disease symptoms
Jan Samuel Wagner
Kantar Health, 11 Madison Avenue, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10010, USA
Expert Rev Pharmacoecon Outcomes Res 11:739-49. 2011
..To quantify the relationship between the timing of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) symptoms and the burden of illness...
- Musculoskeletal pain in the workforce: the effects of back, arthritis, and fibromyalgia pain on quality of life and work productivity
Margaret McDonald
Pfizer Inc, New York, NY, USA
J Occup Environ Med 53:765-70. 2011
..To investigate the impact of musculoskeletal pain on health-related quality of life and work productivity losses among US workers...
