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. 2014;10(2):38–51.

TABLE 3.

Respondent burden and readability

Instrument Number of items Word count Time for completion (min) Flesch–kincaide grade level
AQoL-8D 35 1,188 5 5.3
EQ-5D 6 239 “few minutes” 10.6
SF-36® 36 692 10 5.9
HUI3® 15 1,173 8–10 7.4
NHP 38 353 5–15 2
QWB-SA 80 1,934 15 5.6
WHOQoL-BREF 26 607 5 6.7
PROMIS/GHS 10 217 2 7.6