Abstract
The results of this investigation generally supported the validity of the EQ-5D. However, an important ceiling effect was observed for the EQ-5D in this sample. The combination of the EQ-5D and SF-12 provides relatively broad coverage of important health domains and scores for various purposes.
Keywords
EQ-5DCeiling effectMedicineDepression (economics)Mental healthPopulationDemographySF-36PsychologyGerontologyHealth related quality of lifePsychiatryEnvironmental healthAlternative medicineInternal medicine
MeSH Terms
Activities of Daily LivingAdultAgedAlbertaCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHealth StatusHealth SurveysHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleMental HealthMiddle AgedPopulation SurveillanceReproducibility of ResultsSocioeconomic FactorsSurveys and Questionnaires
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- 38
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- 115-121
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Jeffrey Johnson,
A. Simon Pickard
(2000).
Comparison of the EQ-5D and SF-12 Health Surveys in a General Population Survey in Alberta, Canada.
Medical Care
, 38
(1)
, 115-121.
https://doi.org/10.1097/00005650-200001000-00013
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- DOI
- 10.1097/00005650-200001000-00013
- PMID
- 10630726