Top

Quality of Life Research

Gepubliceerd in:

01-10-2013

A comparison of the scaling properties of the English, Spanish, French, and Chinese EQ-5D descriptive systems

Auteurs: Nan Luo, Minghui Li, Julie Chevalier, Andrew Lloyd, Michael Herdman

Gepubliceerd in: Quality of Life Research | Uitgave 8/2013

Abstract

Purpose

To compare the scaling properties of the English, Spanish, French, and Chinese versions of the EQ-5D-3L and EQ-5D-5L descriptive systems.

Methods

Members of the general populations in the UK, Spain, France, and China were interviewed to measure the severity of health problems represented by the response labels used in the EQ-5D descriptive systems using a visual analog scale. Multiple linear regression models were used to compare the perceived label severity across the four language groups. Severity scores for labels from each EQ-5D-5L dimension scale were compared with each other to assess ordinality.

Results

EQ-5D-5L and EQ-5D-3L labels used for describing different levels of health problems were rated differently, while those describing the same level of health problems were rated similarly. For example, the deviation of any group mean from the grand severity mean score for the label ‘slight(ly)’ was no larger than 5 points on a 0–100 scale for all five EQ-5D dimensions (p > 0.05 for all, t tests). Label ratings violating hypothesized ordinality of the EQ-5D-5L scales were observed in only a small proportion of respondents.

Conclusions

Our study provided some preliminary evidence supporting the ordinality and equivalence of the EQ-5D-5L and EQ-5D-3L descriptive systems across four major languages.

vorige artikel A systematic review and meta-analysis of the impact of tuberculosis on health-related quality of life

volgende artikel Psychometric properties of the EQ-5D-5L in the general population of South Korea

Davey, H. M., Barratt, A. L., Butow, P. N., & Deeks, J. J. (2007). A one-item question with a Likert or visual analog scale adequately measured current anxiety. The Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 60(4), 356–360.CrossRef

van Laerhoven, H., van der Zaag-Loonen, H. J., & Derkx, B. H. (2004). A comparison of Likert scale and visual analogue scales as response options in children’s questionnaires. Acta Paediatrica, 93(6), 830–835.PubMedCrossRef

Keller, S. D., Ware, J. E., Jr, Gandek, B., Aaronson, N. K., Alonso, J., Apolone, G., et al. (1998). Testing the equivalence of translations of widely used response choice labels: Results from the IQOLA Project International Quality of Life Assessment. The Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 51(11), 933–944.CrossRef

Rabin, R., & de Charro, F. (2001). EQ-5D: A measure of health status from the EuroQol Group. Annals of Medicine, 33(5), 337–343.PubMedCrossRef

Herdman, M., Gudex, C., Lloyd, A., Janssen, M., Kind, P., Parkin, D., et al. (2011). Development and preliminary testing of the new five-level version of EQ-5D (EQ-5D-5L). Quality of Life Research, 20(10), 1727–1736. doi:10.1007/s11136-011-9903-x.PubMedCrossRef

Chevalier, J., & de Pouvourville, G. (2008 September 11–12). Testing of a new 5 level version of the EQ-5D in France. Paper presented at the 25th plenary meeting of the EuroQol Group, Baveno.

Luo, N., Li, M., Liu, G. G., Lloyd, A., de Charro, F., & Herdman, M. (2012). Developing the Chinese version of the new 5-level EQ-5D descriptive system: The response scaling approach. Quality of Life Research,. doi:10.1007/s11136-012-0200-0.

Herdman, M., Kind, P., Chevalier, J., Gudex, C., & de Pouvourville, G. (2007 September 13–15). Investigation of labels for additional EQ-5D levels: results of main study +1. Paper presented at the 24th plenary meeting of the EuroQol Group, The Hague.

Khanna, D., Pope, J. E., Khanna, P. P., Maloney, M., Samedi, N., Norrie, D., et al. (2008). The minimally important difference for the fatigue visual analog scale in patients with rheumatoid arthritis followed in an academic clinical practice. The Journal of Rheumatology, 35(12), 2339–2343.PubMedCrossRef

10.

Pope, J. E., Khanna, D., Norrie, D., & Ouimet, J. M. (2009). The minimally important difference for the health assessment questionnaire in rheumatoid arthritis clinical practice is smaller than in randomized controlled trials. The Journal of Rheumatology, 36(2), 254–259.PubMedCrossRef

11.

Kwok, T., & Pope, J. E. (2010). Minimally important difference for patient-reported outcomes in psoriatic arthritis: Health assessment questionnaire and pain, fatigue, and global visual analog scales. The Journal of Rheumatology, 37(5), 1024–1028.PubMedCrossRef

12.

Khanna, P. P., Maranian, P., Gregory, J., & Khanna, D. (2010). The minimally important difference and patient acceptable symptom state for the Raynaud’s condition score in patients with Raynaud’s phenomenon in a large randomised controlled clinical trial. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 69(3), 588–591.PubMedCrossRef

13.

Ries, A. L. (2005). Minimally clinically important difference for the UCSD shortness of breath questionnaire, Borg scale, and visual analog scale. Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, 2(1), 105–110.PubMedCrossRef

14.

Todd, K. H., & Funk, J. P. (1996). The minimum clinically important difference in physician-assigned visual analog pain scores. Academic Emergency Medicine, 3(2), 142–146.PubMedCrossRef

15.

Janssen, M. F., Birnie, E., & Bonsel, G. J. (2008). Quantification of the level descriptors for the standard EQ-5D three-level system and a five-level version according to two methods. Quality of Life Research, 17(3), 463–473. doi:10.1007/s11136-008-9318-5.PubMedCrossRef

16.

Mulhern, M., Tsuchiya, A., Brazier, J., & Rowen, D. (2012 September 13–15). How do respondents perceive health state valuation exercises? A ‘think aloud’ study investigating time trade off and discrete choice experiments. Paper presented at the 29th plenary meeting of the EuroQol Group, Rotterdam.

17.

WHOQOL. (1995). The World Health Organization Quality of Life assessment (WHOQOL): Position paper from the World Health Organization. Social Science and Medicine, 41(10), 1403–1409.CrossRef

18.

Knutsson, I., Rydstrom, H., Reimer, J., Nyberg, P., & Hagell, P. (2010). Interpretation of response categories in patient-reported rating scales: A controlled study among people with Parkinson’s disease. Health Qual Life Outcomes, 8, 61.PubMedCrossRef

19.

Hofmans, J., & Theuns, P. (2008). On the linearity of predefined and self-anchoring visual analogue scales. The British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology, 61(Pt 2), 401–413. doi:10.1348/000711007X206817.PubMedCrossRef

20.

Myles, P. S., Troedel, S., Boquest, M., & Reeves, M. (1999). The pain visual analog scale: Is it linear or nonlinear? Anesthesia and Analgesia, 89(6), 1517–1520.PubMed

21.

Svensson, E. (2000). Comparison of the quality of assessments using continuous and discrete ordinal rating scales. Biometrical Journal, 42(4), 417–434. doi:10.1002/1521-4036(200008)42:4<417:aid-bimj417>3.0.co;2-z.CrossRef

Titel: A comparison of the scaling properties of the English, Spanish, French, and Chinese EQ-5D descriptive systems
Auteurs: Nan Luo
Minghui Li
Julie Chevalier
Andrew Lloyd
Michael Herdman
Publicatiedatum: 01-10-2013
Uitgeverij: Springer Netherlands
Gepubliceerd in: Quality of Life Research / Uitgave 8/2013
Print ISSN: 0962-9343
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-2649
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-012-0342-0

Bohn Stafleu van Loghum

Deel dit onderdeel of sectie (kopieer de link)

Abstract

Purpose

Methods

Results

Conclusions

Log in om toegang te krijgen

Andere artikelen Uitgave 8/2013

SF-36v2 norms and its’ discriminative properties among healthy households of tuberculosis patients in Malaysia

Type D personality and patient-perceived health in nonsignificant coronary artery disease: the TWeesteden mIld STenosis (TWIST) study

Explaining quality of life of older people in the Netherlands using a multidimensional assessment of frailty

Confirmatory factor analysis of the PedsQL among youth in a residential treatment setting

A prospective examination of the impact of a supported employment program and employment on health-related quality of life, handicap, and disability among Veterans with SCI

Exposure to traumatic events and health-related quality of life in preschool-aged children