Purpose Preference-based health measures value how people feel about the desirability of
a health state. Generic measures may not effectively capture the impact of vision loss from …

Importance Understanding how individuals value health states is central to patient-centered
care and to health policy decision making. Generic preference-based measures of health …

Objective This review examines generic preference-based measures and their ability to
reflect health-related quality of life in patients with visual disorders. Methods A systematic …

purpose. To identify the content for a vision and quality of life–related utility measure (Vision
Quality of Life Index [VisQoL]) for the economic evaluation of eye care and rehabilitation …

Purpose.: Multi-attribute utility instruments (MAUIs), which contain a descriptive system,
including several health dimensions with associated levels of increasing severity, are used …

Purpose: To describe the methods and innovations used in constructing the VisQoL, a vision-
related utility instrument for the health economic evaluation of eye care and rehabilitation …

Purpose.: A multi-attribute utility instrument (MAUI) consists of a descriptive system in which
the items and responses seek information about a concept of the universe of health-related …

Purpose: To obtain utility weights consistent with the needs of economic evaluation for the
Assessment of Quality of Life (AQoL)-7D, a generic instrument created to increase the …

Purpose To develop a vision-targeted health-related quality of life (HRQOL) measure for the
NIH Toolbox for the Assessment of Neurological and Behavioral Function. Methods We …

AS EARLY AS THE FOURTH CENTURY BC, THE IMPOR-tance of the concept of quality of
life (QoL) has been debated by philosophers including Socrates, Aristotle, and Royce. The …