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Table 1 Classification of HRQoL-questionnaires

From: Health-related quality of life questionnaires in lung cancer trials: a systematic literature review

Classification of HRQoL-questionnaires

Aggregation of results

Disease specificity

Scaling

Separate measurement of different dimensions of HRQoL

Aggregation to an index

Comparison within a group of patients

Comparison between patient groups

Determining a rank order

Determining relative distances

Particularly suitable for medical purposes

Particularly suitable for economic purposes

Particularly suitable for medical purposes

Particularly suitable for economic purposes

Particularly suitable for medical purposes

Particularly suitable for economic purposes

  1. Source: Based on Schöffski O (2007) [5].