EQ-5D-Y-5L: developing a revised EQ-5D-Y with increased response categories.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

EQ-5D-Y is a generic measure of health status for children and adolescents aged 8-15 years. Originally, it has three levels of severity in each dimension (3L). This study aimed to develop a descriptive system of EQ-5D-Y with an increased number of severity levels and to test comprehensibility and feasibility.

Methods

The study was conducted in Germany, Spain, Sweden and the UK. In Phase 1, a review of existing instruments and focus group interviews were carried out to create a pool of possible labels for a modified severity classification. Participants aged 8-15 rated the severity of the identified labels in individual sorting and response scaling interviews. In Phase 2, preliminary 4L and 5L versions were constructed for further testing in cognitive interviews with

SUBMITTER: Kreimeier S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6571085 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature