eq5dsuite - Manipulating and Analysing EQ-5d Data
The EQ-5D is a widely-used standarized instrument for
measuring Health Related Quality Of Life (HRQOL), developed by
the EuroQol group <https://euroqol.org/>. It assesses five
dimensions; mobility, self-care, usual activities,
pain/discomfort, and anxiety/depression, using either a
three-level (EQ-5D-3L) or five-level (EQ-5D-5L) scale. Scores
from these dimensions are commonly converted into a single
utility index using country-specific value sets, which are
critical in clinical and economic evaluations of healthcare and
in population health surveys. The eq5dsuite package enables
users to calculate utility index values for the EQ-5D
instruments, including crosswalk utilities using the original
crosswalk developed by van Hout et al. (2012)
<doi:10.1016/j.jval.2012.02.008> (mapping EQ-5D-5L responses to
EQ-5D-3L index values), or the recently developed reverse
crosswalk by van Hout et al. (2021)
<doi:10.1016/j.jval.2021.03.009> (mapping EQ-5D-3L responses to
EQ-5D-5L index values). Users are allowed to add and/or remove
user-defined value sets. Additionally, the package provides
tools to analyze EQ-5D data according to the recommended
guidelines outlined in "Methods for Analyzing and Reporting
EQ-5D data" by Devlin et al. (2020)
<doi:10.1007/978-3-030-47622-9>.
