Background Both prognoses and real demographic trends in developed countries point to
the increasing proportion in the population of people above 65 years of age. One of …

Objective To assess whether three health-related quality-of-life (HRQL) measures (the EQ-
5D index, SF-6D, and EQ VAS) can discriminate between the HRQL of different groups of …

The assessment of the validity and reliability of generic quality of life (QoL) instruments
among elderly patient groups has tended to lag behind such assessments in general …

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

This paper report results from a national survey of quality of life (QoL), based on 999 people
aged 65 or more years living in private households in Britain. The study produced both …

The aim of this study was to examine the validity and reliability of the WHOQOL–BREF, a
generic quality of life scale, among older people in Canada and Norway. Very similar data …

The EQ-5D is arguably now the most well-known and commonly used generic measure of
health status internationally. It is available in 169 languages, with applications in clinical …

Objectives: Valuations for health states defined by the EQ-5D measure of health-related
quality of life, which were elicited using the time trade-off method, from a large sample of the …

Purpose The health state classifier EQ-5D of the EuroQoL group has been expanded to a 5-
level instrument (EQ-5D-5L), but studies on psychometric properties of this new instrument …

The pursuit of happiness is widely recognised as the main aim of human life. Health is
valuable only insofar as it fosters happiness, and longevity only insofar as it offers further …