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