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Table 4 Responsiveness of the German and British EQ-5D index, EQ VAS, and time trade-off scores for patients with improved health status

From: The responsiveness of the EQ-5D and time trade-off scores in schizophrenia, affective disorders, and alcohol addiction

  

Mean of change scores (SD baseline)

Effect size

Standardised response mean

Anchor

Disorder

n

EQ-G

EQ-UK

EQ VAS

TTO

EQ-G

EQ-UK

EQ VAS

TTO

EQ-G

EQ-UK

EQ VAS

TTO

WHO QOL-BREF

F1

46

.02 (.20)

.06 (.23)

.18 (.19)

.10 (.38)

  

0.94

   

0.83

 

F2

46

.16 (.30)

.23 (.34)

.11 (.18)

.09 (.39)

0.54

0.68

0.61

 

0.63

0.82

0.70

 

F3

54

.05 (.20)

.12 (.25)

.19 (.23)

.13 (.42)

  

0.90

  

0.51

0.93

 

GSI

F1

20

.09 (.22)

.17 (.26)

.26 (.19)

.11 (.32)

 

0.64

1.40

  

0.56

1.04

 

F2

17

.20 (.29)

.28 (.30)

.10 (.18)

.02 (.48)

0.66

0.93

0.58

 

0.63

0.89

0.63

 

F3

21

.11(.22)

.22 (.25)

.29 (.16)

.25 (.45)

0.50

0.88

1.79

0.56

 

0.73

1.52

0.74

  1. For clarity, we displayed only effect sizes (ES) and standardised response means (SRM) ≥ |0.5|. Large ESs and SRMs (ES/SRM ≥ |0.8|) were printed bold
  2. EQ-G/UK: German/British EQ-5D index; F1: patients with alcohol addiction; F2: patients with schizophrenia; F3: patients with affective disorders; GSI: global severity index; SD: standard deviation; TTO: time trade-off; VAS: visual analogue scale