The commonly used adult generic quality of life instruments for chronic diseases with merits and demerits

Abstract

Abstract A chronic condition is a physical or emotional wellness condition that endures over a year, causes utilitarian limitations, or requires progressing checking or treatment. The aging of the population has caused a high prevalence of chronic illnesses, such as diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and cancer. Even though individuals live longer, they often live with disabilities and constant illnesses. Quality of life (QOL) has become a critical idea and focus for examination and practice in the fields of well-being and medication. During the previous years, more examination has focused on patients’ QOL, and the utilization of QOL evaluations has expanded. Health-related QOL (HRQOL) is now mandatory in assessing health outcomes. Searches were conducted using PUBMED, Google Scholar, Web of Science, and Google to find the studies published in peer-reviewed journals. Key search terms included HRQOL, QOL, SF-36, MQOL, COOP chart, SIP, NHP, QWB, EQ-5D, and EuroQol Instrument. Relevant articles were chosen from the search results. This review provides researchers and clinicians with up-to-date practical and comparative information on adult generic QOL instruments to help them decide which the instrument is best suited for their study. It examines the Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short Form (SF-36) Health Survey, the McGill QoL Questionnaire – Original (MQOL – Original), the Dartmouth Primary Care Cooperative Information Project (COOP) Charts, Sickness Impact Profile (SIP), Nottingham Health Profile (NHP), Quality of Well-Being (QWB) scale, and the EuroQOL 5-Dimension Instrument (EQ 5-D). This paper looks at 7 HR-QOL instruments and finds that there are no consistently “best” or “worst” instruments. The choice to use the generic QOL measure is driven by the reason for the assessment.