ReQoL-UI preference weights
Recovering Quality of Life Utility Index (ReQoL-UI) is the preference-based measure from ReQoL-10 and ReQoL-20. ReQoL-UI consists of six mental health items and one physical health item contained in both ReQoL-10 and ReQoL-20. Therefore, preference weights can be calculated from both ReQoL-10 and ReQoL-20. Preference weights for the UK were estimated from a sample of 305 from the UK general population using the time trade-off method and utilities range from -0.195 to 1.
The peer-reviewed publication detailing this work is as follows:
Keetharuth A.D., Rowen D., Bjorner J., Brazier J (2020) Estimating a Preference-Based Index for mental health from the Recovering Quality of Life (ReQoL) measure: Valuation of ReQoL-UI. Value in Health. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jval.2020.10.012
The algorithms to calculate ReQoL-UI utilities are available in Excel, SPSS and STATA. They are available from Oxford University Innovation using the following link: click here
For any queries, please contact Anju Keetharuth on reqol@sheffield.ac.uk
