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15-dimensional health-related quality of life measure (15D©)

[ Developed in 1981, revised in 1986 and 1993
Based on the 15D, a version has also been developed for adolescents aged 12-15 years (16D) and for children aged 8-11 (17D) ]

	Author(s)
Sintonen Harri

Purpose

Pathology:

Generic

Disease:

All

Objective:

To measure health-related quality of life and its utility, and to evaluate the efficacy/effectiveness of health interventions

Population for intended use:

Adult

[ 16+ years ]

Characteristics

Type of instrument:

Health-Related Quality of Life - HRQL (incl. health status)
Utility

Administration mode:

Interviewer-administered
Proxy-rated
Self-administered

[ The questionnaire is designed to be self-administered. However, if wanted or required, it could be interviewer-administered or proxy-rated ]

Number of items:

Existence of database:

Yes

[ Identification form available in the restricted level ]

Recall/Observation period:

Present health status

Language(s)

Original language:

Finnish for Finland

List of existing translations:

The translations listed below may not have undergone a full linguistic validation process and may require further work to be suitable for use in a study.

This list of translations is subject to constant changes, therefore please check the status of translations with MAPI Research Trust / the developers / copyright holders / distributors

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Arabic	English for UK	Icelandic	Russian
Bulgarian	Estonian	Italian	Serbian
Catalan	French	Japanese	Spanish
Chinese	German	Lithuanian	Swahili
Czech	Greek	Norwegian	Swedish
Danish	Hebrew	Polish	Turkish

Last update: September 2011
Last update in collaboration with the author: October 2005

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