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Table 9 Responsiveness of the EQ-5D to changes between 4 and 12 months, anchored by NDI classifications

From: Properties of patient-reported outcome measures in individuals following acute whiplash injury

 

T0

T1

SRM (95% CI)

ES (95% CI)

n

EQ-5D utility changes based on NDI score changes

Decrease

0.7563

0.8639

0.1076

0.6034 (0.5211, 0.6854)

0.5890 (0.4798, 0.6980)

673

No change

0.9215

0.9267

0.0053

0.0465 (−0.0958, 0.1887)

0.0381 (−0.1630, 0.2392)

190

Increase

0.7872

0.7526

−0.3145

−1.7008 (−1.9078, −1.4921)

−1.4186 (−1.6280, −1.2078)

218

EQ-5D utility changes based on Vernon category changes

Decrease

0.7121

0.8706

0.1585

0.8649 (0.7452, 0.9838)

0.8734 (0.7225, 1.0238)

371

No change

0.8412

0.8662

0.0250

0.1780 (0.0993, 0.2566)

0.1420 (0.0315, 0.2525)

631

Increase

0.7682

0.6588

−0.1094

−0.4952 (−0.7275, −0.2600)

−0.4259 (−0.7406, −0.1098)

79

EQ-5D utility changes based on 4 month Vernon categories

None

0.9431

0.9392

0.0061

0.0505 (−0.0509, 0.1519)

0.0545 (−0.0889, 0.1978)

374

Mild

0.7682

0.8570

0.0888

0.5061 (0.4107, 0.6010)

0.6156 (0.4858, 0.7451)

479

Moderate

0.6375

0.7174

0.0798

0.3444 (0.1972, 0.4907)

0.4195 (0.2154, 0.6231)

189

Severe

0.3879

0.5329

0.1451

0.4987 (0.1488, 0.8423)

0.4964 (0.0255, 0.9639)

36

Complete

0.1783

0.4307

0.2523

0.9407 (−0.5358, 2.2996)

1.5170 (−0.4398, 3.3493)

3

EQ-5D utility changes based on 12 month Vernon categories

None

0.8712

0.9563

0.0851

0.5622 (0.4752, 0.6488)

0.6759 (0.5584, 0.7931)

590

Mild

0.7364

0.7848

0.0484

0.2643 (0.1561, 0.3701)

0.3179 (0.1695, 0.4660)

354

Moderate

0.6325

0.6218

−0.0106

−0.0442 (−0.2239, 0.1357)

−0.0489 (−0.3030, 0.2053)

119

Severe

0.3964

0.3452

−0.0512

−0.1335 (−0.6573, 0.3953)

−0.1995 (−0.9404, 0.5452)

14

Complete

0.0300

0.1683

0.1383

1.4385 (−0.0687, 2.8662)

0.5549 (−0.8860, 1.9529)

4

EQ-5D utility changes based on stirling trajectories

Mild

0.8488

0.9090

0.0602

0.3913 (0.3201, 0.4623)

0.4292 (0.3311, 0.5272)

818

Moderate

0.6383

0.7819

0.1436

0.6822 (0.4871, 0.8751)

0.8367 (0.5783, 1.0935)

126

Chronic-severe

0.5908

0.5803

−0.0104

−0.0408 (−0.2082, 0.1268)

−0.0418 (−0.2786, 0.1951)

137