EuroQoL 5-Dimension 3-Level (EQ-5D-3L)

• Developed in 1990
• EQ-5D-3L: responses recording three levels of severity
• EQ-5D-5L: responses recording five levels of severity
• EQ-5D-Y: Youth version with responses recording three levels of severity

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De Charro F, Rabin R. EQ-5D from the EuroQol group: an update. QOL Newsletter, 2000; 25 

Kind P, Dolan P, Gudex C et al. Variations in population health status: results from a United kingdom national questionnaire survey. BMJ 1998;316 (7133): 736-741 (Full text article)

Brooks R. EuroQol: the current state of play. Health Policy 1996; 37 (1): 53-72 (PubMed abstract)

EuroQol Group. EuroQol--a new facility for the measurement of health-related quality of life. Health Policy. 1990 Dec;16(3):199-208 (PubMed Abstract)

Janssen MF, Pickard AS, Golicki D, Gudex C, Niewada M, Scalone L, Swinburn P, Busschbach J. Measurement properties of the EQ-5D-5L compared to the EQ-5D-3L across eight patient groups: a multi-country study. Qual Life Res. 2013 Sep;22(7):1717-27 (Full text article)