Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a common, chronic disease where health-related quality of life
(HRQL) is one of the main goals of therapy. As such, instruments used to measure HRQL in …

Objectives: Utility scores can be assessed indirectly using preference-based instruments
and used as weightings for quality-adjusted life years in economic analyses. It is not clear …

Background: Preference-based, generic measures are increasingly being used to measure
quality of life and as sources for quality weights in the estimation of Quality Adjusted Life …

Chronic diseases often have a relapsing and remitting course with substantial impact on
function and quality of life. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is considered a chronic, inflammatory …

Abstract The EuroQol (EQ-5D) generic health index comprises a five-part questionnaire and
a visual analogue self-rating scale. The questionnaire may be used as a health index to …

Objectives EuroQoL-5 dimension (EQ-5D) is a standardised preference-based tool for
measurement of health-related quality of life and EQ-5D utility values can be converted to …

This paper reviews the Health Utilities Index (HUI? systems as means to describe health
status and obtain utility scores reflecting health-related quality of life (HRQoL). The HUI Mark …

This is a review of the Health Utilities Index (HUI®) multi-attribute health-status classification
systems, and single-and multi-attribute utility scoring systems. HUI refers to both HUI Mark 2 …

The assessment of health-related quality of life (HR-QOL) is an essential element of
healthcare evaluation. Hundreds of generic and specific HR-QOL instruments have been …

Background Assessments of health-related quality of life and particularly utility values are
important components of health economic analyses. Several instruments have been …