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The purpose of this study is to determine if the EQ-5D values can be estimated from commonly available cervical spine disease\u2013specific health-related quality of life measures, much like the SF-6D.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>\n\nMethods<\/jats:title>\nThe EQ-5D, NDI, neck pain score, and arm pain score were prospectively collected in 3732 patients who presented to the authors' clinic with degenerative cervical spine disorders. Correlation coefficients for paired observations from multiple time points between the NDI, neck pain and arm pain scores, and EQ-5D were determined. Regression models were built to estimate the EQ-5D values from the NDI, neck pain, and arm pain scores.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>\n\nResults<\/jats:title>\nThe mean age of the 3732 patients was 53.3 \u00b1 12.2 years, and 43% were male. Correlations between the EQ-5D and the NDI, neck pain score, and arm pain score were statistically significant (p < 0.0001), with correlation coefficients of \u22120.77, \u22120.62, and \u22120.50, respectively. The regression equation 0.98947 + (\u22120.00705 \u00d7 NDI) + (\u22120.00875 \u00d7 arm pain score) + (\u22120.00877 \u00d7 neck pain score) to predict EQ-5D had an R-square of 0.62 and a root mean square error (RMSE) of 0.146. The model using NDI alone had an R-square of 0.59 and a RMSE of 0.150. The model using the individual NDI items had an R-square of 0.46 and an RMSE of 0.172. The correlation coefficient between the observed and estimated EQ-5D scores was 0.79. There was no statistically significant difference between the actual EQ-5D score (0.603 \u00b1 0.235) and the estimated EQ-5D score (0.603 \u00b1 0.185) using the NDI, neck pain score, and arm pain score regression model. However, rounding off the coefficients to fewer than 5 decimal places produced less accurate results.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>\n\nConclusions<\/jats:title>\nThe regression model estimating the EQ-5D from the NDI, neck pain score, and arm pain score accounted for 60% of the variability of the EQ-5D with a relatively large RMSE. 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