FAQS | EQ-5D-Y-5L
The EQ-5D-Y-5L provides respondents with a greater range of response options than the EQ-5D-Y-3L. Expanding the number of severity response levels in each dimension reduces ceiling effects and improves the sensitivity of the measure in some conditions. The five-level structure of the EQ-5D-Y-5L is also more comparable to the adult EQ-5D-5L, which leads to…
Read MoreWhen publishing results obtained with the EQ-5D-Y-5L, the following key reference can be used:Kreimeier S, Åström M, Burström K, Egmar AC, Gusi N, Herdman M, Kind P, Perez MA, Greiner W. (2019). EQ-5D-Y-5L: developing a revised EQ-5D-Y with increased response categories. Quality of Life Research, 28, 1951-1961.
Read MoreEQ-5D is used by scientists across the world in different settings and for many different diseases. It is used by academia (e.g. universities, research institutes), governments (national, regional, municipal), industry (e.g. pharmaceuticals, medical devices) and by hospitals and clinics (e.g. hospitals, GP practices). At an international level, the pharmaceutical industry and scientific groups are the…
Read MoreThe time trade-off (TTO), visual analogue scale (VAS) and discrete choice experiment (DCE) value sets differ in the technique used to elicit the values for the models. In the TTO task, respondents are asked to imagine they live in a certain suboptimal health state for 10 years and then to specify the amount of time…
Read MoreTo undertake a utility analysis, you will need to use a value set. Generally speaking, utility analysis requires a value set based on preferences from a general population. The rationale behind this is that the values are supposed to reflect the preferences of local taxpayers and potential receivers of healthcare. The EQ-5D value sets are…
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Read MoreThe descriptive system section of the EQ-5D questionnaire produces a 5-digit health state profile that represents the level of reported problems on each of the five dimensions of health, e.g. EQ-5D-5L health state 11313 represents a patient who indicates moderate problems on the usual activities and anxiety/depression dimensions and no problems on the remaining dimensions.…
Read MoreThe EuroQol Office team will determine if a license agreement needs to be drawn up and whether a license fee is applicable, in accordance with our EQ-5D User License Policy. EQ-5D paper versions will be provided as a Word document. For electronic versions, an Excel sheet will be provided with the EQ-5D labels, together with…
Read MoreThe descriptive system section of the EQ-5D questionnaire produces a 5-digit health state profile that represents the level of reported problems on each of the five dimensions of health, e.g.EQ-5D-5L health state 21143 represents a patient who indicates slight problems on the mobility dimension, no problems on the self-care and usual activities dimensions, severe pain…
Read MoreThe responses to the five EQ-5D dimensions (i.e. an EQ-5D health state or profile) can be converted into a single number called an index value. The index value reflects how good or bad the health state is according to the preferences of the general population of a country/region. The collection of index values for all…
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