The Irish EQ-5D-5L Survey, 2015-2016

Data were collected for 1311 individuals in the Republic of Ireland between March 2015 and September 2016 using the EQ5D5L descriptive framework. The survey included the collection of self-reported health status across five domains of health - mobility, self-care, usual activities, pain/discomfort and anxiety/depression - at five levels of severity. In addition, a broad range of socio-demograpic data including age, gender, martial status, income, education and urban/rural location were collected. Data from the survey has been used to establish population norms for health using the EQ5D5L descriptive framework for Ireland (i.e. representative values of the resident population) and to examine variations in these beween groups differentiated by observed socio-demograpic characteristics. The data allows researchers to compare Irish norms with that of samples they may have generated or can access from other studies using the same instrument and to explore the sources of variations among and beween. This is the first national set of EQ-5D-5L data for Ireland.