Pilot Studies on Augmenting Health Utilities Index Questionnaires to Reflect Positive Health and Limitations due to Breathing Difficulties

• Author(s) / Creator(s)

  • Institute of Health Economics
  • Eng, Ken
  • Man, Paul
  • Sin, Don
  • Jones, Allyson
  • Feeny, David
  • Blanchard, Chris
  • Santana, Maria

• The first objective of this study was to experiment with the inclusion of positive physical and emotional health levels in the HUI2 mobility, HUI3 ambulation, HUI2 emotion, and HUI3 emotion. The second objective was to experiment with the effects of including "breathing difficulties" in the description of levels in HUI for mobility, ambulation, and pain and discomfort in a group of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). IHE Working Paper 04-03

• Date created

  2004

• Subjects / Keywords

  • Health survey instruments
  • Health Utilities Index Mark 2
  • Health questionnaires

• Type of Item

  Report

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/R3251G09Q

• License

  Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International