This presentation provided an overview of a study to map a range of psychological measures to health utility in a helpseeking sample of young people. The presentation also introduced the youthu R package which can be used to apply the utility mapping models produced by the study to new data
This team presentation provided an overview of a number of projects to characterise complexity, map health utility and model long term treatment trajectories in young people presenting to headspace primary care services.
**Background** Quality Adjusted Life Years (QALYs) are often used in economic evaluations, yet utility weights for deriving them are rarely directly measured in mental health services. ***Objectives** We aimed to: (i) identify the best Transfer To Utility (TTU) algorithms and predictors for adolescent weighted Assessment of Quality of Life - six dimensions (AQoL-6D) health utility and (ii) assess ability of TTU algorithms to predict longitudinal change. *Methods** We recruited 1107 young people attending Australian primary mental health services, collecting data at two time points, three months apart. Five linear and three generalised linear models were explored to identify the best TTU algorithm...