EuroQol Group

EuroQol Group (1990). EuroQol—a new facility for the measuremenr of healrh-relared quality of life. Health Policy 199—208. 

EuroQol Group EuroQol - a new facility for the measurement of health-related quality of life. Healthy Policy 16(3), 199-208, 1990. 

Multiattribute Health-Status Classification Systems In addition to direct measures, instruments are available for which the health-state preferences have been derived empirically through population studies. The instruments are administered to measure respondents health status, which is then mapped onto a multiattribute health status classification system. Examples of such instruments include the Quality of Well-Being Scale (QWB), the Health Utilities Index (HUI), and the EuroQOL Group s EQ-5D. Although each will be described briefly below, more thorough descriptions of these three instruments are provided elsewhere." " ... 

The most commonly used measure of utility in the health economics literature is the quality-adjusted life year (QALY), which weights longevity by life quality. The most commonly used preference-weighted measure of health-related quality of life in the UK is the EuroQol or EQ-5D (EuroQpl Group, 1990), but there are various other such measures. Utility scores can now be obtained from the 36-item Short Form (SF-36) quality-of-life scale, for example. Also in use are healthy-year equivalents (Mehrez and Gafni, 1989) and disability-adjusted life years (WHO, 2000), although both these measures are different in aim and construction from the QALY and are used less often in evaluations. 

It is important to try to assess mood after stroke, even though this is often difficult since the risk is high and depression contributes to poor cognitive function and outcome. The Short Form-36 is the most widely used generic instrument for assessment of quality of Ufe but the EuroQol is also used. Neither is reliable enough to monitor individuals over time but they may be used to compare groups of patients (de Haan et al. 1993 Dorman et al. 1998). 

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