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Table 1 Inclusion and exclusion criteria for the study

From: The impact of age on health utility values for older women with early-stage breast cancer: a systematic review and meta-regression

Component

Inclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria

Population and conditions

Postmenopausal women with (operable, Stage I, Stage II, or early stage) breast cancer

• Only premenopausal women

• Only male breast cancer

• Only metastatic breast cancer

• Unconfirmed breast cancer

• Other diseases

Intervention & Comparator

Any intervention for breast cancer

No restriction on the intervention

Outcome

Study reported at least one original utility value measured by EQ-5D (3L or 5L)

• No original utility value reported

• Unspecified/not clearly specified health states relating to breast cancer

• Psychometric validation studies

• Description of health states without interval properties rather than the valuation of health states

• EQ-5D-5L England tariff

Language

English

Other languages without English translation

Publication

Full-text article

Conference abstract or proceeding, abstract without full article, letter to editors, editorial, commentary, and news

  1. The criteria for inclusion and exclusion were based on the PICO framework [17]