Assessing the empirical validity of alternative multi-attribute utility measures in the maternity context

Table 2 Relationship between mean EQ-5D utility scores and self-reported health status (n = 493)

Group	Overall utility score	Self-reported health status					p-value*
		Excellent	Very good	Good	Fair	Poor
All women	0.861	0.964	0.908	0.819	0.651	0.366	<0.001
Age (years)
17–24	0.848	0.949	0.887	0.815	0.583	-0.077	<0.001
25–34	0.866	0.973	0.912	0.813	0.672	0.678	<0.001
35–44	0.855	0.954	0.923	0.861	0.659	0.121	<0.001
Ethnicity
White	0.864	0.968	0.911	0.821	0.659	0.366	<0.001
Non-white	0.793	0.840	0.835	0.804	0.508	-	0.125
Car ownership
Yes	0.876	0.963	0.915	0.825	0.714	0.455	<0.001
No	0.798	0.977	0.875	0.804	0.475	-0.077	<0.001
Housing tenure
Owner occupier	0.880	0.964	0.913	0.821	0.723	0.490	<0.001
Rented	0.807	0.965	0.888	0.817	0.565	0.243	<0.001
Paid employment
Yes	0.894	0.971	0.912	0.852	0.712	0.678	<0.001
No	0.800	0.941	0.894	0.775	0.626	0.055	<0.001
Plurality
Singleton	0.859	0.964	0.907	0.818	0.647	0.366	<0.001
Twin	0.970	1.000	1.000	1.000	0.848	-	-
Spontaneous birth
Yes	0.867	0.965	0.907	0.824	0.651	-	<0.001
No	0.847	0.961	0.910	0.809	0.623	0.366	<0.001

* ANOVA.
All tests for linear trend were statistically significant (p < 0.05) with the exception of non-white ethnic (p = 0.068) and twin (p = 0.053) sub-groups.

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