Table 1.
Salient features of instruments used to measure HRQOL in TB patients.
| Name of the instrument | Number of items | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| Generic | ||
| Brief Disability Questionnaire (BDQ) | 11 | HRQOL inversely proportional to score |
| Duke Health Profile (DUKE) | 63 | Higher the score, better is the HRQOL |
| Dysfunctional Analysis Questionnaire (DAQ) | 50 | HRQOL inversely proportional to score |
| Euro-QoL (EQ 5D) | 5 | Higher the score, better is the HRQOL |
| General Health Questionnaire 12 (GHQ 12) | 60 | Higher the score, better is the HRQOL |
| Health Utilities Index (HUI) | 8 | Score 0 indicates death and 1 indicates perfect health |
| Life Satisfaction Index Z | 13 | Higher the score, better is the HRQOL |
| Patient Health Questionnaire – 9 (PHQ9) | 9 | Higher the score, worse is the HRQOL |
| Severe Respiratory Insufficiency Questionnaire (SRI) | 49 | Higher the score, better is the HRQOL |
| Symptoms Check List – 90 (SCL-90) | 90 | Higher is the score, worse is the HRQOL |
| Sheehan Disability Scale (SDS) | 20 | Higher is the score, worse is the HRQOL |
| SF-6D utility score | 11 | Higher the score, better is the HRQOL |
| SF-36 Health Survey (SF-36) | 36 | Higher the score, better is the HRQOL |
| Standard Gamble | 1 | Higher the score, better is the HRQOL |
| Visual Analog Scale (VAS) | 10 | Score 0 indicates death and 10 indicates perfect health |
| World Health Organization’s Quality of Life–BREF (WHOQOL-BREF) | 26 | Higher the score, better is the HRQOL |
| Anxiety – Depression | ||
| Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) | 21 | >13 score indicates depression |
| Beck Depression Inventory (BDI Short Form) | 13 | >16 score indicates depression |
| Centre for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) | 15 | Higher score indicates depression |
| Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HAD) | 14 | Higher scores indicate depression and anxiety |
| Kessler 10 | 10 | Higher the score, better is the HRQOL |
| Mood Adjective Check List Short Form (MACL) | 38 | Evaluates calmness, pleasantness and activation |
| Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSE) | 10 | Higher the score, better is the HRQOL |
| Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS) | 20 | Higher is the score, worse is the HRQOL |
| State-Trait Anxiety Inventory Short Form (STAI-6) | 6 | Higher is the score, higher is the anxiety |
| Disease specific | ||
| Schedules for Clinical Assessment in Neuropsychiatry | 1872 | Higher is the score, worse is the HRQOL |
| St. George Respiratory Questionnaire Short Form (SGRQ) | 50 | Evaluates symptoms, activity and impact |
| DR-12 | 12 | TB-specific; Higher the score, better is the HRQOL |
| World Health Organization’s Quality of Life – HIV (WHOQOL-HIV) | 100 | HIV specific; Higher the score, better is the HRQOL |
| MOS-HIV | 35 | HIV specific |