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Table 6 Responsiveness of EQ VAS score and EQ-5D index scores anchored by LSAS total score change

From: Reliability, validity and responsiveness of the EQ-5D in assessing and valuing health status in patients with social phobia

 

Improvement of health status

|Mean difference| (SD mean difference)

Effect size

Time interval

n

EQ VAS score

EQ-5D index-G

EQ-5D index-UK

EQ VAS score

EQ-5D index-G

EQ-5D index-UK

t0-t1 ( 6 m)

235

  

.073 (.183)

    

0.44

*

t0-t2 (12 m)

214

3.79 (16.7)

.026 (.132)

.083 (.173)

0.24

*

0.23

*

0.50

*

t0-t3 (18 m)

189

4.51 (16.8)

.038 (.123)

.107 (.175)

0.26

*

0.30

*

0.64

*

t0-t4 (30 m)

129

  

.091 (.198)

    

0.53

*

  1. LSAS: Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale; m: months. * p ≤ 0.005. A change of the LSAS total score was defined by more than 0 ± 0.5 SD (baseline). For clarity, we displayed only significant results.