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Table 2 Participant characteristics and health profiles on the EQ-5D-5L descriptive system, EQ VAS score and reported number of years in full health on the time trade-off question

From: Reporting and valuing one’s own health: a think aloud study using EQ-5D-5L, EQ VAS and a time trade-off question among patients with a chronic condition

Participant

Sex

EQ-5D-5L profile

EQ VAS score

TTO response (years in full health)

P1

Male

11111

70

10

P2

Male

11111

85

10

P3

Female

11111

75

10

P4

Female

11112

88

9

P5

Male

11111

85

10

P6

Male

11111

85

0 (10)a

P7

Male

41432

75

10

P8

Male

11121

80

10

P9

Male

11121

70

10

P10

Female

11111

80–85

10

P11

Male

11121

85

9.5

P12

Male

11111

60–70

P13

Female

31221c

55

P14

Male

11111

60

10

P15

Female

11111

95

10

P16

Female

11221

95

10

P17

Male

11112

95/81b

10

P18

Male

11112

70

10

P19

Female

41233

30

10

P20

Male

31132d

70

  1. EQ-5D-5L profile describes the severity levels on each of the five health dimension, i.e., numbers representing no (level 1), slight (level 2), moderate (level 3), severe (level 4), and extreme problems (level 5)
  2. aDid not want to “give up any years” (i.e., 10 years in full health), but answered 0 on paper
  3. bResponded 95 according to own reference point, and 81 in comparison with others
  4. cChanged from the initial response 31,231 during interview
  5. dChanged from the initial response 11,132 during interview