Abstract
Methods
In face-to-face interviews, perceived severity of selected Chinese labels when they were used to describe EQ-5D health problems
was measured from 50 native Chinese speakers using a 0 (no problems) to 100 (the worst problems) visual analog scale. Selection
of label wording was based on the severity scores and semantic similarity with label wording used in the existing English
and Spanish EQ-5D-5L.
was measured from 50 native Chinese speakers using a 0 (no problems) to 100 (the worst problems) visual analog scale. Selection
of label wording was based on the severity scores and semantic similarity with label wording used in the existing English
and Spanish EQ-5D-5L.
Results
The severity scores supported the use of Chinese wording of ‘only a little’ (range of median: 12.5–17), ‘moderate’ (range
of median: 50–53), and ‘severe’ (range of median: 82.5–90) as the descriptors for the intermediate functional levels of the
five EQ-5D dimensions and the label wording of ‘very severe’ (median: 90) to describe the worst level of pain/discomfort and
anxiety/depression.
of median: 50–53), and ‘severe’ (range of median: 82.5–90) as the descriptors for the intermediate functional levels of the
five EQ-5D dimensions and the label wording of ‘very severe’ (median: 90) to describe the worst level of pain/discomfort and
anxiety/depression.
- Content Type Journal Article
- Category Brief Communication
- Pages 1-6
- DOI 10.1007/s11136-012-0200-0
- Authors
- Nan Luo, Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, 16 Medical Drive, Block MD3, Singapore, 117597 Singapore
- Minghui Li, Department of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Gordon G. Liu, Guanghua School of Management, Peking University, Beijing, China
- Andrew Lloyd, Oxford Outcomes, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Frank de Charro, EuroQol Group Executive Office, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Michael Herdman, Insight Consulting and Research, Mataró, Spain
- Journal Quality of Life Research
- Online ISSN 1573-2649
- Print ISSN 0962-9343