Measurements of health utility value in COVID‐19 olfactory dysfunction.

Participants included PCR-confirmed COVID-19 patients recruited at a single academic center and individuals with self-reported history of COVID-19 recruited from a Facebook group for COVID-19 OD. Health utility values (HUVs) are instruments designed to ascertain the patient-assigned value of a specific health state, which can be useful for cost-utility analysis.5 This study aims to establish HUVs in patients with COVID-19 OD. Keywords: COVID-19; EQ-5D; health status; health utility values; olfactory dysfunction; time trade-off EN COVID-19 EQ-5D health status health utility values olfactory dysfunction time trade-off 863 867 5 05/17/22 20220601 NES 220601 INTRODUCTION Olfactory dysfunction (OD) is associated with decreased quality of life (QOL), social anxiety, and increased risk of mortality.1,2 While OD from COVID-19 has led to reported QOL impairment,3,4 the impact of COVID-19 OD on overall health is not well understood. [Extracted from the article]