Policy Brief: Issue 24 The Thai Version of the EQ-5D-5L Health Questionnaire

Evaluating health-related quality of life has many benefits. It can beused to evaluate the results of treatment from diseases as well as monitor population health. In addition, it can also be used in various types of research such as clinical research and econo measuring generic health status. The data obtained from the questionnaire is used to calculate the utility score to evaluate quality of life. Presently, the translation of the EQ-5D-5L  into Thai has been completed and includes a value sets for use in calculating the utilities of the Thai population. A program to help compute the utility scores has also been created and can be downloaded at https://www.hitap.net/documents/89762‎