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Table 2 Percentage of patients with a ceiling effect for each dimension of the completed EQ-5D-3L and EQ-5D-5L instruments and for the overall measures at 6 months (n = 224)

From: Measurement properties of EQ-5D-3L and EQ-5D-5L in recording self-reported health status in older patients with substantial multimorbidity and polypharmacy

EQ-5D dimension

EQ-5D-3L (%)

EQ-5D-5L (%)

p values*

Mobility

50.8

39.2

 < 0.001

Self-care

84.3

83.4

0.48

Usual activities

72.7

63.8

< 0.001

Pain/discomfort

50.4

44.6

0.002

Anxiety/depression

83.4

79.0

0.003

Index score

29.4

22.3

< 0.001

  1. *Probability values presented in italic indicate significant decreases in ceiling effects from using the EQ-5D-5L measure compared with the EQ-5D-3L measure (calculated using McNemar’s test)
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