Asian Journal Of Social Pharmacy

Abstract: Objective To compare the reliability and validity of EQ-5D and SF-6D for measuring the diabetics’ quality of life. Methods Patients with type 2 diabetes in endocrinology clinic of Beijing Hospital were studied. Information including social demographic data, disease, EQ-5D, SF-6D, diabetics’ quality of life was collected in questionnaire (DSQL) after patients’ consent. And SPSS statistical was used to analyze the result of the questionnaire so that the reliability and validity of EQ-5D and SF-6D were evaluated. Results and Conclusion EQ-5D and SF-6D value sets are more operable compared with other general instrument. And they can be applied to all respondents due to their simplicity. EQ-5D and SF-6D are suitable for measuring patients’ quality of life, and SF-6D is better than EQ-5D as to reliability and validity.

Key words: diabetes, scale, reliability, validity