EQ-5D
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Objective[edit | edit source]
- The EQ-5D is a well-established and widely-used generic instrument for assessing health-related quality of life.
- Designed as a self-completion questionnaire, it embodies two components, a health state description followed by an evaluation.
- The respondent classifies his or her prevailing state of health by selecting one of three different levels of problem severity within each of five health domains[1].
Intended Population[edit | edit source]
- The EQ-5D is a well-known and widely used health status instrument.
- It was developed by the EuroQol Group in the 1980s to provide a concise, generic instrument that could be used to measure, compare and value health status across disease areas.[2]
Method of Use[edit | edit source]
Designed as a self-completion questionnaire, it embodies two components, a health state description followed by an evaluation.
- Health State: The respondent classifies his or her prevailing state of health by selecting one of three different levels of problem severity within each of five health domains. The levels are none, moderate and severe/extreme (coded 1 through 3, respectively), whilst the domains are mobility, capacity for self-care, conduct of usual activities, pain/discomfort and anxiety/depression, ordered as such.
- Evaluation: The respondent then evaluates his or her health using a visual analogue scale (VAS). This is a vertical, calibrated, line, bounded at 0 ("worst imaginable health state") and at 100 ("best imaginable health state"). Respondents indicate where they perceive their present state of health to lie, relative to these anchors.[1]
Reference[edit | edit source]
see EQ-5D
Evidence[edit | edit source]
Reliability[edit | edit source]
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Miscellaneous[edit | edit source]
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References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Whynes DK, Tombola Group. Correspondence between EQ-5D health state classifications and EQ VAS scores. Health and quality of life outcomes. 2008 Dec 1;6(1):94.Available from:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2588564/ (last accessed 10.6.20)
- ↑ Devlin NJ, Brooks R. EQ-5D and the EuroQol group: past, present and future. Applied health economics and health policy. 2017 Apr 1;15(2):127-37.Available from:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5343080/ (last accessed 10.6.2020)
