The EQ-5D-5L is a standardized measure of health status developed by the EuroQol Group in order to provide a simple, generic measure of health for clinical appraisal. The EQ-5D evaluates 5 dimensions (mobility, self-care, usual activities, pain/discomfort, and anxiety/depression) using a 5-level severity scale from 1 (no problems) to 5 (extreme problems), and is converted to a single summary index by applying a formula that essentially attaches weight to each of the levels in each dimension. The visual analogue score (VAS) evaluates the health condition assessed by patients to producae a quantitive measure of health outcome that reflects the patient's own judgement on a range from "the worst health you can imagine" to "the best health you can imagine"