1. Quality of Life in Oporto and South of Douro Region – Comparison of EQ-5D and SF-36 Introdução à Medicina Turma 6 – 2006/2007

2. Difficult to define Multidimensional:  Subjective  Objective Not a static definition – varies with time and from person to person. Quantifying QoL – important to improve populations’ well being. What is Quality of Life (QoL)? Jenney M, Campbell S. Measuring quality of life. Arch. Dis. Child. 1997; 77:347-350 McKevitt C, Redfern J, La-Placa V, Wolfe CDA. Definig and using quality of life: a survey of health care professionals: Clinical Rehabilitation, 2003; 17: 865-870 Felce D, Jonathan P. Quality of Life: Its Definition and Measurement: Research in Developmental Disabilities. 1995, 16 (1); 51-74.

3. What is Quality of Life (QoL)? Felce D, Jonathan P. Quality of Life: Its Definition and Measurement: Research in Developmental Disabilities. 1995, 16 (1); 51-74.

4. EQ-5D

5. SF-36

6. Protocol Primary objective –Quantify the Health Related-Quality of Life (HR-QoL) of the adult population in Oporto and South of Douro region. –Compare measurement scales and subscales and analyse the agreement between two broadly used HR- QoL generic instruments – EQ-5D and SF-36. Secondary objectives –Compare results between typical groups: Age Sex –Compare the results of our study with the results of pre-existing studies.

7. Protocol Study design –Cross-Sectional Survey 1.Cheap 2.Quick 3.No follow up, less resources

8. Protocol Selection criteria: –General adult population (aged 18 or above) within the Oporto and South of Douro region, living in a household with phone. –Listed telephone numbers. Sampling design: Number of letters= 191 40% = 478

9. Methods

10. Protocol Sampling design: –Random choice of phone numbers from the “Oporto and South of Douro” phonelist using www.randomizer.org - which randomly creates groups of numbers.

11. Sample selection

12. Pilot study Test the adopted method and possibly improve it Questionnaires + 4 additional questions about the viability of the study

13. Questionnaire

14. Database

15. Results

20. Badia X, Schiaffino A, Alonso J, Herdman M. Using the EuroQol 5-D in the catalan general population: feasibility and construct validity. Barcelona: Quality of Life Research, 1998; 7: 311-322

21. Results Badia X, Schiaffino A, Alonso J, Herdman M. Using the EuroQol 5-D in the catalan general population: feasibility and construct validity. Barcelona: Quality of Life Research, 1998; 7: 311-322

22. Results

25. Study database