PROMs

The EQ-5D-5L questionnaire assesses the following five dimensions of health, each scored from 1 to 5 according to severity. The higher the score, the poorer the outcome.

• Usual activities → work, study, household tasks and daily activities
• Self-care → ability to wash and dress independently
• Mobility → ability to walk and move around
• Anxiety/depression → emotional well-being
• Pain/discomfort → level of pain or discomfort

The questionnaire also includes an assessment of overall health using a scale from 0 to 100, where:

• 0 – Worst imaginable health
• 100 – Best imaginable health

Each chart shows how a different aspect of a patient's health changes over time.

Five of the charts (pain/discomfort, mobility, self-care, usual activities and anxiety/depression) use a scale from 1 to 5, where 1 means no problems and 5 indicates the most severe problems. Therefore, when the line moves downward, it represents an improvement, as the patient is experiencing fewer difficulties.

The sixth chart, Overall Health, works in the opposite direction. Patients rate their health on a scale from 0 to 100, where 100 represents the best possible health status. In this case, an upward trend indicates an improvement.

It is important to note that these improvements do not only reflect changes in the patient's medical condition. They also represent the person's overall well-being by taking into account mobility, self-care, daily functioning and emotional health.