Table 4 Ranking of the different health states according to values elicited with SG and RS. Grey background highlights the differences in ranking
From: Quality of life and health-related utility after trans-oral surgery for head and neck cancers
Order # | SG ordering (low to high) | RS ordering (low to high) |
|---|---|---|
1 | Palliative care | Palliative care |
2 | Distant recurrence | Distant recurrence |
3 | Local recurrence (intervention needed) | Local recurrence (intervention needed) |
4 | local recurrence (RT or CRT needed) | local recurrence (RT or CRT needed) |
5 | Osteo-radio-necrosis | Osteo-radio-necrosis |
6 | CRT after intervention | Esopharyngeal stenosis |
7 | Esopharyngeal stenosis | CRT after intervention |
8 | RT after intervention | Regional recurrence |
9 | Tracheotomy long duration | Tracheotomy long duration |
10 | Regional recurrence | Re-intervention |
11 | Re-intervention | RT after intervention |
12 | TLM/TORS intervention (first month) | Hospital re-admission for febrile neutropenia |
13 | post-operative hemorrhages | Pharyngo-cutaneous fistula |
14 | Gastrostomy | Gastrostomy |
15 | Pharyngo-cutaneous fistula | post-operative hemorrhages |
16 | Hospital re-admission for febrile neutropenia | TLM/TORS intervention (first month) |
17 | Remission after TORS/TLM + adjuvant | Remission after TORS/TLM + adjuvant |
18 | remission after TORS/TLM | remission after TORS/TLM |