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. 2002 Jun 15;324(7351):1417. doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7351.1417

Table 3.

 Most widely evaluated measures within 3921 reports

Instrument
No of records
SF-36 408
Sickness impact profile 111
Nottingham health profile 93
EORTC QLQ-C30 82
QALY 79
EuroQol 77
Health assessment questionnaire 62
Arthritis impact measurement scales 59
Quality of wellbeing scale 53
General health questionnaire 43
Health utilities index 41
COOP charts 33
Functional assessment of cancer 32
WHOQOL 24
Healthy years equivalent 24
Beck depression inventory 23
Asthma quality of life questionnaire 21
McGill pain questionnaire 19
WOMAC 18
Hospital anxiety and depression scale 18
Duke health profile 17
SF-12 15
Psychological general wellbeing index 15
St George's respiratory disease questionnaire 15
MOS-HIV 14
Rotterdam symptom check list 14