The EQ-5D and SF-36 achieved mixed results in the quantitative testing against psychometric criteria .
The qualitative analysis suggests this is because they provide a very limited coverage of themes identified by people with mental health problems .
BACKGROUND Generic preference-based measures of health like the EQ-5D and SF-6D ( ® ) are increasingly being used in economic evaluation and outcome assessment .
However , there are concerns as to whether or not these generic measures are appropriate for use in people with mental health problems .
OBJECTIVES The EQ-5D and SF-36 ( ® ) ( including its derivatives the SF-12 ( ® ) and SF-6D ) were assessed using the psychometric criteria of validity and responsiveness using quantitative and qualitative methods .
Another aim was to estimate mapping functions between the EQ-5D and SF-6D and condition-specific measures , where appropriate .
Randomized controlled trial of brief cognitive behaviour therapy versus treatment as usual in recurrent deliberate self-harm: the POPMACT study.
BACKGROUND We carried out a large r and omized trial of a brief form of cognitive therapy , manual-assisted cognitive behaviour therapy ( MACT ) versus treatment as usual ( TAU ) for deliberate self-harm . METHOD Patients presenting with recurrent deliberate self-harm in five centres were r and omized to either MACT or ( TAU ) and followed up over 1 year .  MACT patients received a booklet based on cognitive behaviour therapy ( CBT ) principles and were offered up to five plus two booster sessions of CBT from a therapist in the first 3 months of the study . Ratings of parasuicide risk , anxiety , depression , social functioning and global function , positive and negative thinking , and quality of life were measured at baseline and after 6 and 12 months . RESULTS Four hundred and eighty patients were r and omized . Sixty per cent of the  MACT group had both the booklet and CBT sessions . There were seven suicides , five in the TAU group . The main outcome measure , the proportion of those repeating deliberate self-harm in the 12 months of the study , showed no significant difference between those treated with MACT ( 39 % ) and treatment as usual ( 46 % ) ( OR 0.78 , 95 % CI 0.53 to 1.14 , P=0.20 ) . CONCLUSION Brief cognitive behaviour therapy is of limited efficacy in reducing self-harm repetition , but the findings taken in conjunctin with the economic evaluation ( Byford et al. 2003 ) indicate superiority of MACT over TAU in terms of cost and effectiveness combined
The EQ-5D and SF-36 achieved mixed results in the quantitative testing against psychometric criteria .
The qualitative analysis suggests this is because they provide a very limited coverage of themes identified by people with mental health problems .
BACKGROUND Generic preference-based measures of health like the EQ-5D and SF-6D ( ® ) are increasingly being used in economic evaluation and outcome assessment .
However , there are concerns as to whether or not these generic measures are appropriate for use in people with mental health problems .
OBJECTIVES The EQ-5D and SF-36 ( ® ) ( including its derivatives the SF-12 ( ® ) and SF-6D ) were assessed using the psychometric criteria of validity and responsiveness using quantitative and qualitative methods .
Another aim was to estimate mapping functions between the EQ-5D and SF-6D and condition-specific measures , where appropriate .