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Table 1. Mean health utility ratings using a VAS (0 = ’Dead’, 100 = ’Full health’)

From: Development and use of health outcome descriptors: a guideline development case study

Health outcome descriptor

1st Survey mean score (SD)

2nd Survey mean score (SD)

Levene’s F statistic

p-value

Accessibility to Information

78 (18)

88 (9)

2.842

0.106

Awareness of Information

73 (17)

86 (14)

4.474*

0.045

Participation in Screening

79 (15)

84 (15)

0.458

0.505

Informed Decision Making

82 (16)

89 (11)

1.461

0.239

Satisfaction with Decision-Making

80 (12)

89 (12)

3.271

0.084

Confidence with Decision-Making

78 (18)

88 (14)

2.098

0.162

Abnormal Screening Result

62 (24)

78 (15)

4.519*

0.044

Recall for Assessment

64 (27)

74 (12)

1.387

0.208

False Positive Screening Result

68 (24)

69 (17)

0.032

0.861

Suspicious Indeterminate Calcification

64 (21)

68 (18)

0.250

0.622

False Positive Biopsy Result

67 (26)

56 (19)

1.387

0.252

Breast Cancer Detection

60 (31)

54 (19)

0.327

0.573

Breast Cancer Stage

60 (29)

52 (8)

0.783

0.386

Determination of Biomarker Status

68 (20)

66 (19)

0.069

0.795

Interval Breast Cancer

42 (28)

40 (15)

0.027

0.872

Over-Diagnosis & Over-Treatment

54 (23)

62 (18)

0.887

0.357

False Negative Screening Result

41 (29)

43 (18)

0.032

0.861

Radiation Exposure from Mammogram & Assessments Using Radiation

69 (26)

80 (19)

1.281

0.270

Provision of Surgical Therapy

62 (28)

54 (15)

0.743

0.395

Mastectomy

49 (26)

43 (16)

0.428

0.520

Provision of Medical Therapy

59 (28)

47 (11)

2.111

0.160

Provision of Radiotherapy

57 (26)

51 (13)

0.533

0.473

Provision of Chemotherapy

48 (25)

44 (9)

0.291

0.595

Other Cause Mortality

10 (20)

11 (22)

0.028

0.869

  1. * p<0.05