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)

Sintonen H. The 15D instrument of health-related quality of life: properties and applications. Ann Med. 2001 Jul;33(5):328-36. Review (PubMed abstract)

Sintonen H. The 15D-measure of health-related quality of life. II. Feasibility, reliability and validity  of its valuation system. National Centre for Health Program Evaluation, Working Paper 42, Melbourne 1995 (Full text article)

Sintonen H. The 15D-measure of health-related quality of life: Reliability, validity and sensitivity of its health state descriptive system. National Centre for Health Program Evaluation, Working Paper 41, Melbourne 1995 (Full text article)

Sintonen H. The 15D-measure of health-related quality of life. I. Reliability, validity and sensitivity  of its health state desc­riptive system. National Centre for Health Program Evaluation, Working Paper 41, Melbourne 1994 (Full text article)

Alanne S, Roine RP, Räsänen P, Vainiola T, Sintonen H. Estimating the minimum important change in the 15D scores. Qual Life Res. 2015 Mar;24(3):599-606 (PubMed abstract)