Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về sinh học được đăng trên tạp chí hóa học quốc tế đề tài : How do medical students value health on the EQ-5D? Evaluation of hypothetical health states compared to the general population | Health and Quality of Life Outcomes BioMed Central Research How do medical students value health on the EQ-5D Evaluation of hypothetical health states compared to the general population Maria-Theresa BarbistR1 Daniela Renn2 Bianca Noisternig3 Gerhard Rumpold1 and Stefan Hofer 1 Open Access Address Clinic of Medical Psychology Medical University Innsbruck Schopfstrafie 23a 6020 Innsbruck Austria 2Oppolzerstr. 8 6020 Innsbruck Austria and 3offentliches Landeskrankenhaus Natters In der Stille 20 6161 Natters Austria Email Maria-Theresa Barbist - Daniela Renn - Bianca Noisternig - Gerhard Rumpold - Stefan Hofer - Corresponding author fEqual contributors Published II December 2008 Received 16 June 2008 I J n r T. r . 111 J_ IZ I inz 1 .-z-z - z I I I Accepted 11 December 2008 Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2008 6 111 doi 1477-7525-6- 1 11 This article is available from http content 6 1 1 11 2008 Barbist et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Medical students gain a particular perspective on health problems during their medical education. This article describes how medical students value 10 hypothetical health states using the EQ-5D compared to the general population. Methods Based on a sample of 161 medical students male 41 we compared valuations of 10 hypothetical EQ-5D health states collected in face to face interviews with the valuations of the general population. Self-reported health on the EQ-5D was also collected. Results Every third health state was valuated higher by the medical students compared to data of the general .
