Background The EQ-5D, a generic health status questionnaire that is widely used in health
economic evaluation, was recently expanded to the EQ-5D-5L to address criticisms of …

Objective To assess the discriminative properties of the EuroQol five-dimension
questionnaire (EQ-5D) with respect to COPD severity according to Global Initiative for …

OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to develop and validate an algorithm that
predicts EQ-5D utility from the St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) in subjects …

BACKGROUND: EQ-5D is a generic preference-based measure of health that can help to
understand the impact of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The …

Abstract Background Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) influences different
aspects of patient's health-related quality of life (HRQL). While disease-specific HRQL …

Health status measurement is a common feature of studies in chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease (COPD). This review assesses recent evidence for the validity of these …

The objective of the study was to evaluate the reliability, validity and responsiveness of two
generic multiattribute methods for measuring utility for health states: a 15-dimensional (15D) …

OBJECTIVE: Quality of Life (QoL) measurements to quantify disease burden have become
an important outcome measure in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) research …

Survival and physiological measures alone do not represent the full experiences of patients
with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Reducing the personal and social burden of …

There is need for a validated short, simple instrument to quantify chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD) impact in routine practice to aid health status assessment and …