The psychometric performance of the EQ-HWB-9 for measuring health and wellbeing in a general population sample from Australia and New Zealand.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The EuroQol Health and Wellbeing Short (EQ-HWB-9) is a new, generic 9-item instrument, suitable for evaluating interventions in health and social-care settings for patients and caregivers. The instrument now requires validation across general and caregiver populations. Informal caregiving can be time-intensive and impact caregiver's physical and mental well-being. However, caregiver outcomes are often overlooked in healthcare decisions, which can lead to inefficient resource allocation. We aimed to examine the psychometric performance of the EQ-HWB-9 in a general population dataset, including caregivers of persons with disability/chronic illness.

Methods

Using general population samples, stratified by age, gender, region, ancestry, and income for Australia and New Ze

SUBMITTER: Bailey C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12689816 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature