Self or Interviewer Administered?
Paper&Pencil or Web-based Format?
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Self or Interviewer Administered? |
| The Health Utilities Index (HUIR) measurement systems are a family of generic health status and health-related quality of life (HRQL) measures. This 'family' of measures includes the HUI Mark 1, HUI Mark 2, and HUI Mark 3, or more commonly referred to as the HUI1, HUI2, and HUI3. Although HUI1 is still used, HUI2 and HUI3 are much more frequently used in both clinical and population health studies and it is these 2 instruments that are the focus of this note.
Applications of the HUI require that data be collected to classify the health status of each subject at a point in time and to that end a variety of questionnaires and related procedure manuals have been developed and are available to facilitate the application of the HUI systems. Self-complete and interviewer-administered versions are available in both self-assessment and proxy-assessment formats. For each of these standard administration formats there are standard algorithms for converting responses into health attribute levels and single- & multi-attribute health utility scores. Which HUI questionnaire system fits your requirements? |
| System Characteristic |
Self- Administered |
Interviewer Administered |
Web-System Administered | |
| Proxy-Assessment | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Self-Assessment | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Min / Max number of HUI questions to complete an assessment | 15/15 |
13/39 |
Varies | |
| Mean completion time (minutes) | 8 - 10 | 3 - 5 | ~10 | |
| Full set of HUI2 Attribute Levels | Yes Manual* |
Yes Manual* |
Yes System** | |
| Full set of HUI3 Attribute Levels | Yes Manual* |
Yes Manual* |
Yes System** | |
| Full set of HUI2 Single- & Multi-Attribute Scores | Yes Manual* |
Yes Manual* |
Yes System** | |
| Full set of HUI3 Single- & Multi-Attribute Scores | Yes Manual* |
Yes Manual* |
Yes System** |
| Calculation of utility scores | *Manual=Study administrator required to code & calculate utility scores. **System=Utility scores calculated and sent to study administrator automatically. |
| Recommended for ages... for Self-Assessment... for Proxy-Assessment... |
>12 years 5+ years |
>8 years 5+ years |
>8 years 5+ years | |
| Test Dataset available | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Questionnaire availability ... > English |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | |
| > Brazilian Portuguese | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| > Czech | Yes | Yes | ||
| > Chinese-Traditional/Simplified | Yes | Yes | ||
| > Danish | Yes | Yes | ||
| > Dutch | Yes | Yes | ||
| > French-Canadian | Yes | Yes | ||
| > French (European) | Yes | Yes | ||
| > German | Yes | Yes | ||
| > Hebrew | Yes | |||
| > Italian | Yes | Yes | ||
| > Japanese | Yes | Yes | ||
| > Korean | Yes | Yes | ||
| > Portuguese | Yes | Yes | ||
| > Spanish | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| > Swedish | Yes | Yes | ||
| > Turkish | Yes |
| Other questionnaire language versions currently under development include... | |
| > Finnish, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Tamil, and Thai |
*NOTE: There are 8 possible 'standard' questionnaires available in each language in both Self-Administered (15Q) and Interviewer-Administered (40Q) formats. Standard combinations depend on 'Self- or Proxy Assessment' and 1 of 4 Recall Periods ('Usual health', 'during the past 4-weeks', '...2-weeks', '...1-week'). All 16 versions are available (in stock) in English. Contact the HUInc Service Centre for information on the availability of specific versions in other languages or complete the on-line "HUI Profile Application Form". See "LANGUAGES" for more information on the translations and availability of HUI instruments.
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