The construct validity and responsiveness of the EQ-5D, SF-6D and Diabetes Health Profile-18 in type 2 diabetes

Mulhern, Brendan; Meadows, Keith

doi:10.1186/1477-7525-12-42

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Table 3 Known group validity of the EQ-5D, SF-6D and DHP-18

From: The construct validity and responsiveness of the EQ-5D, SF-6D and Diabetes Health Profile-18 in type 2 diabetes

Category¹		EQ-5D			SF-6D			DHP-18 (PD)			DHP-18 (BA)			DHP-18 (DE)
		M	P	ES	M	P	ES	M	P	ES	M	P	ES	M	P	ES
Diabetes related health problems
Overall	Yes	0.54	<0.01	0.74	0.63	<0.01	0.66	24.20	<0.01	0.62	28.57	<0.01	0.73	38.11	<0.01	0.16
	No	0.73			0.73			13.70			16.80			34.46
Foot related	Yes	0.49	<0.01	0.38	0.62	0.01	0.20	26.59	0.02	0.25	30.36	0.04	0.20	39.14	0.32	0.09
	No	0.61			0.65			21.15			26.14			37.00
Eye related	Yes	0.52	0.12	0.16	0.62	0.02	0.20	25.87	0.09	0.17	30.76	0.01	0.28	39.49	0.15	0.15
	No	0.57			0.65			21.97			25.26			36.35
Kidney related	Yes	0.57	0.35	0.11	0.65	0.36	0.13	19.90	0.10	0.26	26.23	0.34	0.13	36.10	0.41	0.11
	No	0.53			0.63			25.07			28.97			38.60
Comorbid health problems
Overall	Yes	0.61	<0.01	1.10	0.67	<0.01	1.17	19.73	<0.01	0.70	22.92	<0.01	0.55	37.66	<0.01	0.43
	No	0.84			0.81			9.86			14.54			28.27
Arthritis	Yes	0.48	<0.01	1.08	0.61	<0.01	1.08	22.00	<0.01	0.24	26.39	<0.01	0.42	38.90	0.08	0.11
	No	0.76			0.73			17.12			19.00			36.31
Hypertension	Yes	0.62	0.64	0.03	0.67	0.52	0.07	19.69	0.96	0.00	23.37	0.46	0.05	38.13	0.52	0.04
	No	0.61			0.66			19.75			22.42			37.16
High cholesterol	Yes	0.61	0.90	0.00	0.67	0.35	0.06	19.69	0.96	0.00	23.33	0.43	0.00	38.12	0.45	0.05
	No	0.61			0.66			19.76			22.28			36.97
Heart disease	Yes	0.48	<0.01	0.47	0.61	<0.01	0.40	18.76	0.63	0.05	25.34	0.18	0.14	32.32	0.01	0.26
	No	0.63			0.67			19.84			22.63			38.37
Anxiety/depression	Yes	0.45	<0.01	0.70	0.57	<0.01	0.75	34.12	<0.01	1.02	31.30	<0.01	0.59	46.72	<0.01	0.53
	No	0.66			0.69			15.69			20.57			35.14
Length of time diagnosed	< 5 years	0.66	0.41	0.06	0.70	0.08	0.13	17.18	0.18	0.08	18.52	<0.01	0.35	35.92	0.91	0.01
	> = 5 years	0.64			0.68			18.82			24.77			35.76
Treatment regime	Diet	0.69	<0.01	0.10	0.71	<0.01	0.06	12.76	<0.01	0.36	14.49	<0.01	0.52	32.75	0.01	0.17
	Tablets	0.66		0.42	0.70		0.44	18.62		0.29	22.04		0.65	36.81		0.08
	Insulin	0.53			0.63			24.58			34.49			38.59

¹The sample sizes for each category are included in Table 1.

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