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Table 4 Health states for each respondent

From: Estimating the impact of changes in HbA1c, body weight and insulin injection regimen on health related quality-of-life: a time trade off study

Health state

Each respondent evaluated

Warm-up health state

Diabetes derived from previous work. Not used.

HbA1c

Well-controlled diabetes

Not well-controlled diabetes

(The order of the two health states were randomised)

Weight

1 health state associated with weight gain (2 kg or 5 kg randomised)

1 health state associated with weight loss (2 kg or 5 kg randomised)

(The order of the two health states were randomised)

Regimen

Two randomly selected out of the four health states (i.e. injection twice daily including planning, injection four times daily including planning, injection once daily, injection twice daily