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Table 3 Predictive accuracy of the algorithms by the observed UK EQ-5D-3L index score

From: Assessing the external validity of algorithms to estimate EQ-5D-3L from the WOMAC

EQ-5D-3L index

n

 

Barton

Xie

Wailoo

     

WA

CEC

<0.5

100

ME (95 % CI)

0.308 (0.267 to 0.349)

0.551 (0.529 to 0.574)

0.256 (0.209 to 0.303)

0.219 (0.151 to 0.288)

MAE

0.325

0.551

0.281

0.324

RMSE

0.372

0.563

0.350

0.410

0.5–0.699

193

ME (95 % CI)

−0.111 (−0.130 to −0.091)

0.057 (0.049 to 0.065)

−0.144 (−0.169 to −0.119)

−0.126 (−0.165 to −0.086)

MAE

0.142

0.063

0.187

0.194

RMSE

0.177

0.079

0.228

0.307

0.7–0.899

645

ME (95 % CI)

−0.098 (−0.106 to −0.089)

−0.013 (−0.017 to −0.009)

−0.094 (−0.106 to −0.081)

−0.054 (−0.070 to −0.038)

MAE

0.110

0.038

0.147

0.139

RMSE

0.147

0.048

0.187

0.211

0.9–1.0

130

ME (95 % CI)

−0.215 (−0.223 to −0.206)

−0.183 (−0.188 to −0.179)

−0.096 (−0.113 to −0.079)

−0.062 (−0.081 to −0.042)

MAE

0.215

0.183

0.096

0.062

RMSE

0.221

0.185

0.137

0.131

All

1068

ME (95 % CI)

−0.076 (−0.087 to −0.066)

0.032 (0.021 to 0.043)

−0.070 (−0.082 to −0.058)

−0.042 (−0.057 to −0.028)

MAE

0.148

0.108

0.161

0.157

RMSE

0.194

0.191

0.210

0.249

Absolute error > |0.05 observed|, %

78.8

58.2

82.8

75.3

Absolute error > |0.10 observed|, %

64.7

36.4

65.9

53.3

Absolute error > |0.25 observed|, %

29.7

11.3

36.2

24.3

  1. CI confidence interval, ME mean error, MAE mean absolute error, RMSE root mean square error, WA weighted average, CEC conditional on estimated component