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Health related quality of life outcome instruments

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Health is the most significant part of quality of life. Generally, quality of life outcome instruments used in healthcare confine their attention to health related areas, assessing health related quality of life. The present study aims to describe some commonly used health profile instruments such as the generic measures SF-36, Nottingham Health Profile and Sickness Impact Profile; and the preference-based measures EuroQol and SF-6D. The latter preference-based instruments are increasingly used in outcome studies and obtained data might be used for calculating quality-adjusted life-years.

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  1. An SF-36 licence can be obtained at http://www.sf-36.org (accessed 2 October 2005) and a reference kit can be ordered at http://www.qualitymetric.com/products/ProductDetails.aspx?ProductID=468&categoryid=1 (accessed 2 October 2005).

  2. SF-36 is currently available in Afrikaans, Armenian, Bulgarian, Chinese for Hong Kong, Chinese for Singapore, Chinese for Taiwan, Chinese for the USA, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Dutch for Belgium, English for Australia, English for Canada, English for Hong Kong, English for Malaysia, English for New Zealand, English for the Philippines, English for Singapore, English for South Africa, English for Taiwan, English for the UK, Estonian, Finnish, French, French for Belgium, French for Canada, French for Switzerland, German, German for Austria, German for Switzerland, Greek, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Iranian, Italian, Italian for Switzerland, Japanese, Japanese for the USA, Kiswahili, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malay for Malaysia, Malay for Singapore, Malayalam, Marathi, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Portuguese for Brazil, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Spanish for Argentina, Spanish for Chile, Spanish for Colombia, Spanish for Costa Rica, Spanish for Guatemala, Spanish for Honduras, Spanish for Mexico, Spanish for Peru, Spanish for Puerto Rico, Spanish for the USA, Spanish for Uruguay, Spanish for Venezuela, Swedish, Tagalog, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian and Vietnamese for the USA. Source: http://www.proqolid.org/, accessed 2 October 2005.

  3. SF-12 is currently available in Afrikaans, Bulgarian, Chinese for Hong Kong, Chinese for Singapore, Chinese for Taiwan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Dutch for Belgium, English for Australia, English for Canada, English for Hong Kong, English for India, English for New Zealand, English for South Africa, English for Taiwan, English for the UK, Estonian, Finnish, French, French for Belgium, French for Canada, French for Switzerland, German, German for Austria, German for Switzerland, Greek, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Italian for Switzerland, Japanese, Kannada, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malay for Malaysia, Malay for Singapore, Malayalam, Marathi, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Portuguese for Brazil, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Spanish for Argentina, Spanish for Chile, Spanish for Mexico, Spanish for Puerto Rico, Spanish for the USA, Swedish, Tagalog, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Xhosa and Zulu. Source: http://www.proqolid.org/, accessed 2 October 2005.

  4. http://www.sf-36.org/tools/sf12.shtml, accessed 2 October 2005.

  5. The instrument can be ordered from Medical Outcomes Trust, a not for profit organisation, at http://www.outcomes-trust.org/instruments/SIPpack.htm (accessed 25 September 2005). The package includes a copy of the instrument including royalty-free permission to use and reproduce and user manual.

  6. Sickness Impact Profile is currently available in Arabic, Chinese for Hong-Kong, Danish, Dutch, Dutch for Belgium, English for Mexico, English for the UK, Finnish, French, French for Belgium, German, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Spanish for Mexico, Spanish for the USA (Chicano Spanish for the Southwest USA), Swedish, Tamil and Thai. Source: http://www.proqolid.org/, accessed 2 October 2005.

  7. Address for contact: Dr. Stephen McKenna, Director of Research, Galen Research, Enterprise House, Manchester Science Park, Lloyd Street North, Manchester M15 6SE, UK. Tel.: +44-161-2264446; Fax: +44-161-2264478; E-mail: smckenna@galen-research.com. Source: http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1524-4733.2004.7s110.x, accessed 4 October 2005.

  8. Nottingham Health Profile is currently available in Arabic, Danish, Dutch, English for the USA, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Portuguese for Brazil, Spanish and Swedish. Source: http://www.proqolid.org/, accessed 2 October 2005.

  9. http://www.euroqol.org, accessed 2 October 2005.

  10. EQ-5D is currently available in Afrikaans (for South Africa), Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese (for China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch (for Belgium, the Netherlands), English (for Australia, Canada, New Zealand, UK (includes Ireland), Singapore, South Africa, USA), Estonian, Finnish, French (for Belgium, France, Canada, Switzerland), German (for Germany, Austria, Switzerland), Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malay (for Malaysia), Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (for Brazil, Portugal), Romanian, Russian (for Israel, Russia), Slovakian, Spanish (for Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, Spain, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela), Slovenian, Swedish, Thai and Turkish. Source: http://www.euroqol.org/web/users/language_a.php/, accessed 2 October 2005.

  11. http://www.shef.ac.uk/scharr/sections/heds/projects/sf-6d.html (accessed 14 October 2005). The SF-6D is copyrighted and is available on a license basis. A license is available free of charge for all non-commercial applications including work funded by research councils, Government agencies and charities. For commercial applications there will be a per study license (e.g. clinical trial), though an open license for a fixed period is available. The SF-6D is being used in software available from Quality Metric (www.qualitymetric.com).

  12. http://www.asahq.org/clinical/physicalstatus.htm, accessed 12 October 2005.

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