Background The EQ-5D index often fails to detect the effect of ophthalmic diseases and sight
loss. Investigating predictors of individual EQ-5D health dimensions might reveal the …

Abstract Background The EQ-5D index often fails to detect the effect of ophthalmic diseases
and sight loss. Investigating predictors of individual EQ-5D health dimensions might reveal …

Purpose Generic instruments to assess health utilities can be used to express the burden of
health problems in widely used indexes. That is in contrast with what can be obtained with …

Purpose To compare three health-related quality of life (HRQoL) instruments in detecting the
effect of distance visual acuity (VA) on generic HRQoL in an adult population. Methods We …

Purpose:: To evaluate the responsiveness of the EuroQoL (EQ-5D) to vision-related
functional ability loss in patients seen in low vision clinics. Methods:: Health state …

Purpose: To understand the source of between-person variance in baseline health utilities
estimated from EuroQol 5-dimension questionnaire (EQ-5D) responses of a representative …

Purpose Economic evaluations of interventions for ocular disease require utility scores that
accurately represent quality of life in the target population. This study aimed to describe the …

Objectives Evidence suggests that, in specific circumstances, the EQ-5D is insensitive to
changes or differences in health status. One possible solution is to add 'bolt-on'dimensions …

Background Recently, a vision “bolt-on” EuroQol five-dimensional questionnaire (EQ-5D)
was developed and tentative utility values (ie, a “value set”) for this new descriptive system …

Background Co-morbidity is a common phenomenon in the elderly and is considered to be a
major threat to quality of life (QOL). Knowledge of co-existing conditions or patient …