Journal of clinical epidemiology
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Randomized Controlled Trial
The agreement between proxy and self-completed EQ-5D for care home residents was better for index scores than individual domains.
Proxy measures are an alternative source of data for care home residents who are unable to complete the health utility measure, but the agreement levels between residents and care home staff for the EQ-5D have not been investigated previously. The objective of the present study was to examine the inter-rater agreement levels for the reporting of EQ-5D by care home residents and staff, adjusting for the impact of clustering. ⋯ Proxies appear to be an acceptable source of data for index scores and QALYs but may be less reliable if individual domains are considered.