The use of the EQ-5D-Y health related quality of life outcome measure in children in the Western Cape South Africa: psychometric properties feasibility and usefulness - a longitudinal analytical study

摘要

BackgroundThe EQ-5D-Y, an outcome measure of Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) in children, was developed by an international task team in 2010. The multinational feasibility, reliability and validity study which followed was undertaken with mainly healthy children. The aim of this study was to investigate the psychometric properties of the EQ-5D-Y when used to assess the HRQoL of children with different health states.