Health-related quality of life in the UK Biobank Experience of Pain follow-up study: a comparison with general population norms.

ABSTRACT: The UK Biobank (UKB) is a population-based resource of genetic, health, lifestyle, sociodemographic, and linked clinical data for approximately 500 000 volunteers. Previous analyses of health determinants have shown that the UKB is not representative of the population from which it is drawn. However, representativeness from a general health-outcomes perspective is unknown, but could be assessed using health-related quality of life (HRQoL) questionnaire responses and expected population norms. The HRQoL responses, collected using the EuroQoL EQ-5D-5L instrument, were available for participants who completed the experience of pain follow-up survey (n = 167 199). We comprehensively characterized follow-up participant HRQoL and made age and sex-specific comparisons with normative data derived

SUBMITTER: Armfield NR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12527277 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature