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Table 3 Intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC), mean EQ-5D utility and Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), and limits of agreement (LOA) between anticipated and actual discharge health-related quality of life reports (n = 232)

From: Patients undergoing subacute rehabilitation have accurate expectations of their health-related quality of life at discharge

 

Measure

ICC

Anticipated mean

Actual mean

Limits of agreement

p-value*

(95% CI)

(95% CI)

(95% CI)

Lower LOA

Mean difference

Upper LOA

(95% CI)

(95% CI)

(95% CI)

Lower cognition

EQ-5D utility

0.72

0.747

0.757

−0.506

0.009

0.524

0.744

(0.56, 0. 82)

(0.684, 0.811)

(0.698, 0.815)

(−0.563, -0.448)

(−0.048, 0.067)

(0.467, 0.582)

EQ-5D VAS

0.63

80.5

77.5

−31.3

−3.0

25.3

0.063

(0.43,0.76)

(77.6,83.4)

(74.3, 80.8)

(−34.4,-28.1)

(−6.1,0.2)

(22.2, 28.4)

Better cognition

EQ-5D utility

0.85

0.764

0.748

−0.332

−0.016

0.300

0.211

(0.79, 0.89)

(0.728, 0.800)

(0.714, 0.782)

(−0.358, -0.307)

(−0.104, 0.091)

(0.274,0.325)

EQ-5D VAS

0.86

80.9

79.0

−19.3

−1.9

15.5

0.010*

(0.81,0.90)

(78.8, 83.0)

(77.0, 81.1)

(−20.7, -17.9)

(−3.3, -0.4)

(14.1, 17.0)

Combined

EQ-5D utility

0.79

0.758

0.751

−0.405

−0.007

0.390

0.576

(0.73, 0.84)

(0.726, 0.790)

(0.721, 0.781)

(−0.431, -0.379)

(−0.033, 0.019)

(0.364, 0.416)

EQ-5D VAS

0.78

80.8

78.5

−24.1

−2.3

19.6

0.002*

  

(0.71,0.83)

(79.1,82.4)

(76.8, 80.2)

(−25.5, -22.7)

(−3.7, -0.8)

(18.1, 21.0)

  1. Note: *a p-value < 0.05 would indicate that a systematic difference exists (i.e. anticipated discharge health-related quality of life was consistently higher or lower than the actual report at discharge).