Quality of life and mental health: what questions should we ask?

TY - GEN

T1 - Quality of life and mental health

T2 - what questions should we ask?

AU - Webber, Martin Paul

PY - 2014/11/27

Y1 - 2014/11/27

N2 - Users of mental health services are concerned about how appropriate the EQ-5D is as an outcome measure (Crawford et al, 2011). They argue that it is too brief to capture the full complexity of the concept of quality of life and it focuses on what professionals consider to be important rather than service users. Literature reviews have found that the EQ-5D, and similar measures such as the SF-6D (Brazier et al, 2002), are not appropriate for people with severe mental health problems (e.g. Papaionnou et al 2011), but they continue to be commonly used. Therefore, I welcome Connell et al’s (2014) study which explored mental health service users’ perspectives on the domains of quality of life which matter the most to them.

AB - Users of mental health services are concerned about how appropriate the EQ-5D is as an outcome measure (Crawford et al, 2011). They argue that it is too brief to capture the full complexity of the concept of quality of life and it focuses on what professionals consider to be important rather than service users. Literature reviews have found that the EQ-5D, and similar measures such as the SF-6D (Brazier et al, 2002), are not appropriate for people with severe mental health problems (e.g. Papaionnou et al 2011), but they continue to be commonly used. Therefore, I welcome Connell et al’s (2014) study which explored mental health service users’ perspectives on the domains of quality of life which matter the most to them.

KW - QUALITY OF LIFE

KW - measures

KW - Mental health

KW - Review

M3 - Other contribution

PB - The Social Care Elf

ER -