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An overview of generic health-related quality of life measures for HIV research

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This paper provides a selective review of instruments currently being employed to evaluate generic healthrelated quality of life in studies of persons with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Instruments examined include the Quality of Well-Being Scale, the HIV Overview of Problems/Evaluation System, the COOP Charts, and six Medical Outcomes Study-based measures: the SF-20, SF-30, AIDS-HAQ, SF-36, SF-38 and SF-56. Relative strengths and weaknesses of the measures are discussed.

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  1. Social Policy Department, RAND, 1700 Main Street, 90407-2138, Santa Monica, CA, USA

    R. D. Hays

  2. UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    M. F. Shapiro

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Preparation of this paper was supported in part by the World Health Organization (Regional Office for Europe), a grant from the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (1 R01 HS06775) and by RAND. The views expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of the sponsors or RAND.

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Hays, R.D., Shapiro, M.F. An overview of generic health-related quality of life measures for HIV research. Qual Life Res 1, 91–97 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00439716

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