Table 2 Number of participants who increased or decreased their EQ-VAS self report by 5 points or more after exposure to either good or poor health state descriptors as well as after both sets of descriptors.
| Â | Group 1 n = 77 | Group 2 n = 74 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  | Number (%) Increase ≥5 points | Number (%) Decrease ≥5 points | Number (%) Either direction ≥5points | Number (%) Increase ≥5 points | Number (%) Decrease ≥5 points | Number (%) Either direction ≥5points |
Good health descriptors (Description-A) | 29 (38%) | 24 (31%) | 53 (69%) | 11 (15%) | 25 (34%) | 36 (49%) |
Poor health descriptors (Description-B) | 37 (48%) | 14 (18%) | 51 (66%) | 45 (61%) | 8 (11%) | 53 (72%) |
After both Description A and B (compared with baseline EQ-VAS) | 39 (51%) | 12 (16%) | 51 (66%) | 40 (54%) | 15 (20%) | 55 (74%) |