Journal article
Reassessing Quality-of-Life Instruments in the Evaluation of New Drugs
Abstract
Investigators use 2 fundamental approaches to the measurement of health-related quality of life (HR-QOL). Generic instruments include health profiles that tap into the full range of HR-QOL issues and are widely applicable, but may lack responsiveness to small but important changes in HR-QOL. Utility measures summarise HR-QOL in a single number between 0 (death) and 1 (full health) and are useful for economic analysis, but may lack …
Authors
Guyatt GH; Jaeschke RJ
Journal
PharmacoEconomics, Vol. 12, No. 6, pp. 621–626
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
12 1997
DOI
10.2165/00019053-199712060-00002
ISSN
1170-7690