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Arch Hellen Med, 18(2), March-April 2001, 131-136

REVIEW

Uses and applications of health-related quality of life measures
The state of play in Spain

M. ROSET,1 M. HERDMAN,2 X. BADIA,3 E. BARÓ1
1Health Outcomes Research Europe,
2Agència d' Avaluacio de Tecnologia y Recerca Mèdiques,
3Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Hospital de la Santa Creu y Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain

The purpose of this paper is to critically review the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) studies conducted in Spain. An electronic bibliographic search was used to investigate the psychometric properties of the HRQoL studies. The data bases explored were the following: Medline, HealthStar, and IME. A specifically developed index was used the GRAQoL index, aiming at the evaluation of 11 psychometric and non-psychometric properties of the study designs. The values of the GRAQoL index range from 0 to 100. The authors conclude that the level of research in HRQoL index range from 0 to 100. The authors conclude that the level of research in HRQoL in Spain is high with a number of research teams being actively involved in many areas of generic and specific quality of life instruments. Further research in HRQoL would provide interesting results for ment assessment of clinical effectiveness.

Key words: Applications to Spain, Quality of life, Validation.

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