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Euroqol EQ-5D (EQ-5D)

	Author(s)
The EuroQol Group

Purpose

Pathology:

Generic

Disease:

All

Objective:

To assess health outcome from a wide variety of interventions on a common scale, for purposes of evaluation, allocation and monitoring

Population:

Adult

[ +12 years, child-friendly versions in development ]

Characteristics

Type of instrument:

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

Mode of administration:

Proxy-administered
Self-administered
Telephone-administered

[ observer, proxy and telephone versions are available on request ]

Number of items:

5 + 1 VAS

Existence of database:

Yes

Time recall:

Today

Language(s)

Original language:

Dutch
English
Finnish
Norwegian
Swedish

[ developed simultaneously in all the languages above ]

List of existing translations:

(the translations may not have undergone a full linguistic validation process. Please check status of translations with Mapi Research Trust / the developers / copyright holders / distributors)

EQ-5D official translations and adaptations (for proxy and/or self-administered versions):

Afrikaans*	English for South Africa*	Indonesian*	Spanish*
Bulgarian*	English for the UK (includes Eire)*	Italian*	Spanish for Argentina*
Cantonese for Hong Kong*	English for the USA	Japanese*	Spanish for Chile*
Catalan	Estonian*	Latvian	Spanish for Colombia*
Chinese	Finnish*	Lithuanian*	Spanish for Costa Rica*
Chinese for Singapore	French*	Malay*	Spanish for Guatemala*
Chinese for Taiwan*	French for Belgium*	Norwegian*	Spanish for Mexico*
Croatian*	French for Canada*	Polish*	Spanish for Peru*
Czech*	French for Switzerland	Portuguese*	Spanish for the USA*
Danish*	German*	Portuguese for Brazil*	Spanish for Venezuela*
Dutch for Belgium*	German for Austria*	Romanian*	Spanish for Uruguay
English for Australia*	German for Switzerland*	Russian*	Swedish*
English for Canada*	Greek*	Russian for Israel	Thai
English for New Zealand*	Hebrew	Slovakian*	Turkish*
English for Singapore*	Hungarian*	Slovenian*

EQ-5D “best available” translations and adaptations (awaiting official status) (for proxy and self-administered versions):

Arabic for Egypt	English for Malaysia*	Maltese	Tagalog*
Arabic for Israel*	English for Malta	Marathi*	Tamil for India
Arabic for Jordan	English for the Philipines	Punjabi*	Tamil for Pakistan
Arabic for Kuwait Filipino	French for Morocco	Russian for Estonia	Tamil for Singapore
Arabic for Lebanon	Georgian*	Russian for Latvia	Telugu*
Arabic for Marocco	Gujarati	Russian for Ukraine*	Tongan for New Zealand
Arabic for Saudi Arabia	Hindi*	Serbian*	Ukrainian
Arabic for United Arabic Emirates Hindi*	Icelandic	Sesotho for South Africa	Urdu for India
Armenian	Italian for Switzerland	Shona for Zimbabwe*	Urdu for Pakistan*
Basque	Kannada*	Spanish for Dominican Republic*	Viatnamese
English for Hong Kong	Korean*	Spanish for Ecuador	Welsh
English for India	Malay for Singapore	Spanish for Panama*	Xhosa for South Africa
English for Israël*	Malayalam*	Spanish for Puerto Rico	Zulu for South Africa

* translations performed by the Mapi Institute

Last update: September 2010
Last update in collaboration with the author: August 2005