Assessment of health-related quality of life in Australian patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a comparison of the EQ-5D-5L and the AQoL-8D.
Ingrid A CoxJulie CampbellBarbara de GraaffPetr OtahalTamera J CorteYuben MoodleyPeter HopkinsSacha MacanshE Haydn WaltersAndrew J PalmerPublished in: Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation (2022)
The EQ-5D-5L demonstrated superior performance when compared to AQoL-8D in persons with IPF. This may be attributable to the high symptom burden which is physically debilitating to which the EQ-5D-5L may be more sensitive.