EQ-5D and PROMs
Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) are used to evaluate health interventions, providing a measure of an individual’s health status. The EQ-5D is a PROM recommended by NICE for measuring health benefits. It considers 5 dimensions of health and can be used across various diseases.
OHE is Leading Research to Develop EQ-5D ‘Bolt-ons’ for Cognition and Vision
24 May 2019
In collaboration with University of Technology Sydney, we’re leading a study funded by the EuroQol Research Foundation to develop ‘bolt-on’ descriptors for the EQ-5D. The goal…
Professor Nancy Devlin appointed as OHE Senior Visiting Fellow
22 May 2019
Professor Nancy Devlin has recently been awarded an honorary position at OHE as a Senior Visiting Fellow.
What Outcomes are Important in Student Mental Health and Wellbeing?
2 May 2019
The Student Mental Health Research Network (SMaRteN), in which OHE is a collaborator, is conducting research to find out which outcome measures are most useful in…
Adult Versus Adolescent Preferences for EQ-5D-Y Health States
15 April 2019
Koonal Shah gave a webinar for the International Health Economics Association on the topic of adult versus adolescent preferences for EQ-5D-Y health states.
Can We Really Compare and Aggregate Patient-reported Outcomes Between People and Settings?
11 April 2019
A new OHE Research Paper considers whether we can compare and aggregate patient-reported outcome (PRO) data between people and settings. The paper is authored by Nancy…
Quality of Life and Rare Disease: Lessons from Spinal Muscular Atrophy
2 April 2019
The measurement of quality of life in the context of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is challenging. This is because the disease is experienced by children and…
Generating Preference-based Values for the EQ-5D-Y to Support Its Use in HTA
31 January 2019
OHE’s Koonal Shah and Oliver Rivero-Arias presented at a NICE Technical Forum on the topic of valuing health in children and adolescents.
Valuing EQ-5D-Y Health States Using a Discrete Choice Experiment: Do Adult and Adolescent Preferences Differ?
7 January 2019
This Research Paper describes a study examining adolescent and adult responses to a discrete choice experiment (DCE) containing EQ-5D-Y health states in order to determine whether…
A Note on the Relationship Between Age and Health-related Quality of Life Assessment
12 December 2018
A new OHE-authored paper on the relationship between age and health-related quality of life has been published in Quality of Life Research.