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EuroQol: health-related quality of life measurement. Results of the Swedish questionnaire exercise

Brooks, Richard G., Jendteg, Stefan, Lindgren, Björn, Persson, Ulf, Björk, Stefan·1991·Health Policy

Abstract

The EuroQol Group, which currently comprises 7 centres in 5 countries, has been testing the feasibility of jointly developing a standardised non-disease-specific instrument for describing and valuing health-related quality of life. The instrument employs a visual analogue scale of the 'thermometer' type to allow respondents to rank a number of health states. As part of the Swedish IHE's contribution to the EuroQol Group's work, questionnaires were sent to 1000 people randomly selected to provide a representative sample of the Swedish population aged 16-84 years. 349 persons responded and 208 provided sufficient information for detailed analysis. From these 208 it proved possible to derive health status information in a quantitative form. The most interesting result was that the health state valuations from this survey indicated a striking similarity with those of EuroQol studies in Frome (England) and Bergen op Zoom (The Netherlands). The lessons learned from undertaking the survey are briefly discussed. The Swedish IHE is encouraged by the exercise to continue to play its part in the continuing developments of the EuroQol methodology.

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Authors
Brooks, R. G., Jendteg, S., Lindgren, B., Persson, U., & Björk, S.
Affiliations
  • University of Strathclyde (GB)
  • Swedish Institute for Health Economics (SE)
Corresponding author
Björk, Stefan
Venue
Health Policy
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
1991-06
Volume
18
Issue
1
Pages
37-48
ISSN
0168-8510 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2060699469
Cited by
204
References
1
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FWCI
7.73
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Health Policy (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Economic and Environmental Valuation
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Delphi Technique in Research
Keywords
EuroQol, health-related quality of life, health state valuation, visual analogue scale, health status measurement, international comparability, Swedish population, questionnaire development
MeSH terms
Attitude to Health, Consumer Behavior, Europe, Evaluation Studies as Topic, Health Services Research, Health Status Indicators, International Cooperation, Quality of Life, Surveys and Questionnaires, Sweden, Value of Life

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