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Introdução à Medicina Turma 6 – 2006/2007. Quality of Life in Oporto and South of Douro Region – Comparison of EQ-5D and SF-36. What is Quality of Life (QoL)?. Difficult to define Multidimensional: Subjective Objective
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Introdução à Medicina Turma 6 – 2006/2007 Quality of Life in Oporto and South of Douro Region – Comparison of EQ-5D and SF-36
What is Quality of Life (QoL)? • Difficult to define • Multidimensional: • Subjective • Objective • Not a static definition – varies with time and from person to person. • Quantifying QoL – important to improve populations’ well being. Jenney M, Campbell S. Measuring quality of life. Arch. Dis. Child. 1997; 77:347-350McKevitt C, Redfern J, La-Placa V, Wolfe CDA. Definig and using quality of life: a survey of health care professionals: Clinical Rehabilitation, 2003; 17: 865-870 Felce D, Jonathan P. Quality of Life: Its Definition and Measurement: Research in Developmental Disabilities. 1995, 16 (1); 51-74.
What is Quality of Life (QoL)? Felce D, Jonathan P. Quality of Life: Its Definition and Measurement: Research in Developmental Disabilities. 1995, 16 (1); 51-74.
Protocol • Primary objective • Quantify the Health Related-Quality of Life (HR-QoL) of the adult population in Oporto and South of Douro region. • Compare measurement scales and subscales and analyse the agreement between two broadly used HR-QoL generic instruments – EQ-5D and SF-36. • Secondary objectives • Compare results between typical groups: • Age • Sex • Compare the results of our study with the results of pre-existing studies.
Protocol • Study design • Cross-Sectional Survey • Cheap • Quick • No follow up, less resources
191 Number of letters= = 478 40% Protocol • Selection criteria: • General adult population (aged 18 or above) within the Oporto and South of Douro region, living in a household with phone. • Listed telephone numbers. • Sampling design:
Protocol • Sampling design: • Random choice of phone numbers from the “Oporto and South of Douro” phonelist using www.randomizer.org - which randomly creates groups of numbers.
Pilot study • Test the adopted method and possibly improve it • Questionnaires + 4 additional questions about the viability of the study
Badia X, Schiaffino A, Alonso J, Herdman M. Using the EuroQol 5-D in the catalan general population: feasibility and construct validity. Barcelona: Quality of Life Research, 1998; 7: 311-322 Results
Badia X, Schiaffino A, Alonso J, Herdman M. Using the EuroQol 5-D in the catalan general population: feasibility and construct validity. Barcelona: Quality of Life Research, 1998; 7: 311-322 Results