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Table 2 Baseline EQ-5D-5L index scores by demographic and clinical characteristics

From: Mapping and direct valuation: do they give equivalent EQ-5D-5L index scores?

Characteristic

Mean (standard deviation)

Difference (90 % confidence interval)

Valuation-derived index score

Mapping-derived index score

All patients

0.811 (0.186)

0.796 (0.250)

0.015 (0.006 to 0.024)a

Language version

 English

0.815 (0.182)

0.808 (0.226)

0.007 (−0.001 to 0.015)a

 Chinese

0.804 (0.192)

0.774 (0.285)

0.029 (0.009 to 0.050)a

Race

 Chinese

0.816 (0.189)

0.799 (0.258)

0.017 (0.007 to 0.028)a

 Malay/Indian/others

0.788 (0.169)

0.782 (0.206)

0.006 (−0.010 to 0.022)a

Marital status

 Married

0.826 (0.174)

0.816 (0.291)

0.010 (0.000 to 0.020)a

 Single/divorced/widowed

0.774 (0.207)

0.745 (0.304)

0.028 (0.009 to 0.048)a

Education level

 Primary or below

0.793 (0.219)

0.762 (0.304)

0.031 (0.008 to 0.054)

 Secondary

0.818 (0.178)

0.799 (0.249)

0.019 (0.004 to 0.033)a

 Post-secondary

0.817 (0.168)

0.820 (0.192)

−0.003 (−0.011 to 0.005)a

Oncologist-assessed performance status

 0

0.889 (0.120)

0.891 (0.140)

−0.002 (−0.008 to 0.005)a

 1

0.774 (0.160)

0.766 (0.207)

0.008 (−0.005 to 0.022)a

 2

0.612 (0.224)

0.514 (0.360)

0.098 (0.038 to 0.158)

 3 or above

0.575 (0.349)

0.457 (0.507)

0.118 (0.025 to 0.210)

Patients’ self-assessed performance status

 0

0.917 (0.104)

0.917 (0.127)

−0.000 (−0.008 to 0.007)a

 1

0.796 (0.132)

0.796 (0.160)

0.000 (−0.009 to 0.009)a

 2

0.739 (0.159)

0.728 (0.182)

0.011 (−0.008 to 0.030)a

 3 or above

0.421 (0.271)

0.214 (0.419)

0.207 (0.128 to 0.285)b

Patient type

 Inpatient

0.704 (0.228)

0.650 (0.338)

0.054 (0.029 to 0.078)

 Outpatient

0.864 (0.133)

0.868 (0.146)

−0.004 (−0.008 to 0.001)a

Current evidence of disease

 Absent

0.875 (0.132)

0.878 (0.151)

−0.003 (−0.010 to 0.004)a

 Present

0.753 (0.208)

0.721 (0.294)

0.032 (0.016 to 0.047)a

On chemotherapy/radiotherapy

 Yes

0.755 (0.181)

0.730 (0.272)

0.025 (0.007 to 0.043)a

 No

0.854 (0.179)

0.845 (0.219)

0.008 (0.000 to 0.016)a

Mode of administration

 Self-administered

0.820 (0.175)

0.807 (0.236)

0.013 (0.004 to 0.022)a

 Interviewer-administered

0.722 (0.257)

0.684 (0.342)

0.038 (0.003 to 0.073)

  1. aEquivalence was confirmed
  2. bNon-equivalence was confirmed