Health-state utilities in a prisoner population: a cross-sectional survey

Chong, Christopher AKY; Li, Sicong; Nguyen, Geoffrey C; Sutton, Andrew; Levy, Michael H; Butler, Tony; Krahn, Murray D; Thein, Hla-Hla

doi:10.1186/1477-7525-7-78

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Table 2 SF-6D and Nichol utilities for prisoner respondents by medical conditions.

From: Health-state utilities in a prisoner population: a cross-sectional survey

	n (percentage)	mean SF-6D utility (SD)	mean Nichol utility (SD)
Total	734 (100)	0.725 (0.119)	0.846 (0.133)
Alcohol use
harmful^†	282 (38.4)	0.732 (0.115)	0.854 (0.129)
Angina/chest pain
self-report	81 (11.0)	0.644 (0.131)	0.742 (0.161)
self-report & med*	17 (2.3)	0.620 (0.169)	0.687 (0.206)
Arthritis
self-report	120 (16.3)	0.666 (0.116)	0.772 (0.137)
Asthma
self-report	153 (20.8)	0.687 (0.122)	0.796 (0.142)
self-report & med*	69 (9.4)	0.656 (0.130)	0.760 (0.155)
Back problems
self-report	211 (28.7)	0.669 (0.111)	0.778 (0.137)
Beck Depression Inventory Score
none/minimal	418 (56.9)	0.764 (0.101)	0.898 (0.100)
moderate	153 (20.8)	0.693 (0.113)	0.813 (0.118)
severe	120 (16.3)	0.625 (0.106)	0.714 (0.132)
Cholelithiasis
self-report	28 (3.8)	0.635 (0.140)	0.740 (0.168)
Diabetes
self-report	25 (3.4)	0.699 (0.135)	0.804 (0.147)
self-report & med*	12 (1.6)	0.724 (0.157)	0.831 (0.175)
Epilepsy
self-report	36 (4.9)	0.670 (0.113)	0.789 (0.148)
self-report & med*	18 (2.5)	0.647 (0.120)	0.784 (0.163)
Haemorrhoids
self-report	66 (9.0)	0.661 (0.109)	0.770 (0.115)
Hepatitis B
self-report	87 (11.9)	0.703 (0.119)	0.815 (0.135)
Hepatitis C
self-report	199 (27.1)	0.704 (0.121)	0.820 (0.138)
Ab positive/viremic	178 (24.3)	0.719 (0.119)	0.839 (0.133)
correctly aware positive**	127 (17.3)	0.709 (0.120)	0.824 (0.137)
unaware positive**	51 (6.9)	0.744 (0.116)	0.879 (0.112)
correctly aware negative**	417 (56.8)	0.729 (0.118)	0.852 (0.134)
falsely believe positive**	5 (0.7)	0.809 (0.029)	0.924 (0.085)
HIV
self-report	7 (1.0)	0.660 (0.119)	0.788 (0.144)
Hypertension
self-report	93 (12.7)	0.672 (0.129)	0.782 (0.155)
self-report & med*	12 (1.6)	0.633 (0.176)	0.732 (0.185)
IV drug use
used in past year	216 (29.4)	0.711 (0.119)	0.828 (0.135)
prison methadone program	92 (12.5)	0.685 (0.119)	0.792 (0.133)
Kidney condition
self-report	11 (1.5)	0.721 (0.124)	0.793 (0.183)
Peptic ulcer
self-report	70 (9.5)	0.665 (0.129)	0.769 (0.151)
self-report & med*	37 (5.0)	0.648 (0.124)	0.749 (0.150)
Prostate condition
self-report	27 (3.7)	0.666 (0.105)	0.777 (0.135)
Psychiatric condition
took psychiatric med	82 (11.2)	0.646 (0.120)	0.752 (0.152)

^†based on WHO Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test levels
*respondents who both self-reported the listed condition and took prescription medication for that specific illness in the past two weeks
**correctly aware positive = self-reported yes and antibody positive/viremic; unaware positive = did not self-report but antibody positive/viremic; correctly aware negative = did not self-report and antibody negative; falsely believe positive = self-reported yes but antibody negative.

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