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Barton, Garry R., Sach, Tracey H. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8098-9220, Avery, Anthony J., Jenkinson, Claire, Doherty, Michael, Whynes, David K. and Muir, Kenneth R.
(2008)
A comparison of the performance of the EQ-5D and SF-6D for individuals aged >or= 45 years.
Health Economics, 17 (7).
pp. 815-832.
ISSN 1099-1050
Abstract
We sought to compare the performance of the EQ-5D and SF-6D with regard to the criteria of practicality, convergent validity, and construct validity, the level of agreement between the two measures was also assessed. Responses from 1865 individuals aged >or= 45 years in one general practice were analysed. Of these, 93.1% completed the EQ-5D, compared with 86.4% for the SF-6D, where individuals who were older, female, of a lower occupational skill level, from an area of lower deprivation, or used prescribed medication were significantly less likely to complete the SF-6D. The performance of both measures was comparable with regard to both convergent and construct validities, as both the EQ-5D and SF-6D scores were closely related to scores on the EuroQol visual analogue scale (VAS) (p>0.001) and able to discriminate between people who did and did not take: (i) analgesics and (ii) other prescribed medication. Despite EQ-5D and SF-6D scores being highly correlated (p>0.001), individuals who were healthier (according to the VAS) had higher mean scores on the EQ-5D (p>0.001), whereas less healthy individuals had higher mean scores on the SF-6D (individuals with knee pain, osteoarthritis, back pain, rheumatoid arthritis, and hip pain had significantly lower mean scores on the EQ-5D, p>0.001).
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | Source:HEG-endnote12-09 Note: |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School Faculty of Science > School of Pharmacy |
| Depositing User: | EPrints Services |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Nov 2010 11:11 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Jan 2023 15:30 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/14145 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/hec.1298 |
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