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@ARTICLE{Goodwin:285816,
author = {Goodwin, Elizabeth and Michalowsky, Bernhard and Middleton,
Rod and Hawton, Annie},
title = {{M}easuring health-related quality of life in multiple
sclerosis: comparing the acceptability, validity and
responsiveness of the {EQ}-5{D}-3{L} and {MSIS}-8{D}.},
journal = {Quality of life research},
volume = {35},
number = {5},
issn = {0962-9343},
address = {Cham},
publisher = {Springer Nature Switzerland AG},
reportid = {DZNE-2026-00352},
pages = {124},
year = {2026},
abstract = {Purpose: Concerns have been raised about the sensitivity
and responsiveness of the EQ-5D, one of the most commonly
used preference-based health-related quality of life
measures, in the context of multiple sclerosis (MS). In
response to these concerns, a condition-specific
preference-based measure, the Multiple Sclerosis Impact
Scale Eight Dimensions (MSIS-8D), was developed. This
research aimed to assess the psychometric and distributional
properties of the MSIS-8D compared to the EQ-5D-3L, in
people with MS. Methods: Analyses were undertaken using data
from the UK MS Register. Both measures were compared in
terms of acceptability (missing data), distributional
properties (health state frequencies, health state density
curves and indices), construct validity in relation to
disability, mobility, fatigue, anxiety and depression
(discriminative and convergent validity, using ANOVA,
independent t-tests and Spearman correlations), and
responsiveness to symptom onset and relapse (mean change
scores, standardised response means, standardised effect
sizes, paired t-tests). Results: The MSIS-8D exhibited
superior distributional properties, while the EQ-5D-3L
showed greater acceptability. Both measures demonstrated
excellent construct validity. Neither measure appeared
responsive to symptom onset, and only the MSIS-8D met all
criteria for responsiveness when people moved from a
non-relapse to a relapse state. Conclusion: Although the
MSIS-8D appears to offer superior distributional properties
and responsiveness compared to the EQ-5D-3L, the
responsiveness of both measures in this analysis was
limited. This adds weight to existing concerns about the
ability of utility measures used in healthcare
decision-making to fully capture treatment effects in MS.},
keywords = {EQ-5D (Other) / Economic evaluation (Other) /
Health-related quality of life (Other) / Multiple sclerosis
(Other) / Preference-based measures (Other) / Psychometrics
(Other)},
cin = {AG Michalowsky},
ddc = {100},
cid = {I:(DE-2719)5000067},
pnm = {353 - Clinical and Health Care Research (POF4-353)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-353},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:41920450},
doi = {10.1007/s11136-026-04229-5},
url = {https://pub.dzne.de/record/285816},
}