European countries more than ever face shifts towards aging societies with accompanying
challenges for health and aged care services. Economic evaluation has mainly relied on …

Purpose To determine feasibility and validity of the EQ-5D-3L in the elderly European
population. Methods Secondary data analysis based on the study of health, ageing, and …

Background Reference values are a helpful tool to facilitate comparisons of sampled values
against a specified reference population. The aim is to describe the health profile and to …

Background As populations age, chronic geriatric conditions linked to progressive organ
failure jeopardize health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Thus, this research assessed the …

Purpose Healthcare interventions for middle-old and oldest-old individuals are often
(economically) evaluated using the EQ-5D to measure health-related quality of life (HrQoL) …

Abstract Background The WHOQOL-OLD is an instrument for the assessment of subjective
quality of life in elderly people. It is based on the WHO definition of quality of life and is …

Quality of life (QoL) assessment is an important aspect of nursing care. With increased older
adult longevity, nurses are attending to lifestyles issues that accompany the QoL of both …

Background We aimed to evaluate health status and associated factors in community-
dwelling elderly in the Netherlands. Methods Participants from a placebo-controlled double …

Background In economic evaluations of care services for older adults health-related quality
of life (QoL) measures such as the EQ-5D are increasingly replaced by the ICECAP-O and …

Purpose To describe health status and health state utilities measured by the EQ-5D-3L in a
population-based sample of individuals aged 85+ in Germany, and to analyze associations …