Abstract Purpose In Japan's super-aged society, medical care supporting the patients'
quality of life (QOL) is becoming increasingly important. This study aimed to evaluate the …

Objective. To assess the comparative usefulness of the Short Form‐36 (SF‐36) and the
Sickness Impact Profile (SIP) as generic health status measures in total hip arthroplasty …

Objective To our knowledge this is the first study presenting descriptive EQ-5D health profile
and VAS scores for orthopedic patients in Slovenia. Furthermore, EQ-5D-3L population …

OBJECTIVE: Current guidelines recommend using both a generic and a specific instrument
to measure quality of life (QoL) among people with chronic diseases. However, the two …

Objectives To determine the level of agreement between both proxy versions and the self-
completed EQ-5D-5L. Design A randomized agreement study. Setting and participants We …

Purpose Due to the problem of high ceiling effects of the EQ-5D-3L, the EQ-5D-5L was
developed. However, little was known about the full psychometric properties of the EQ-5D …

The SF-6D, a health-related quality-of-life measure, assigns value to patients' perception of
their health. We determined SF-6D values of 844 TKA patients, deduced clinical relevance …

Purpose To compare measurement properties and sensitivity to change of the standard
version of the EQ-5D (3L) with a newly developed 5-level version (5L) in a multicenter …

Background: Health-related quality-of-life (HRQoL) scores are required for cost-
effectiveness and health-care value analysis. We evaluated HRQoL scores and patient …

Background: Patient-derived outcome scales have become increasingly important to
physicians and clinical researchers for measuring improvement in function after surgery. The …