Table 2 Relative informativity of EQ-5D-5L and 15D (Shannon’s Evenness index)

Mobility (walking)

0.61

0.71

0.72

Mobility (walking, moving about)

0.44

0.49

0.52

Self-care (washing or dressing)

0.31

0.35

0.43

–

–

–

–

Usual activities (e.g. work, study, housework, family or leisure activities)

0.51

0.59

0.64

Usual activities (e.g. employment, studying, housework, free-time activities)

0.45

0.50

0.59

Pain/discomfort

0.70

0.76

0.81

Discomfort and symptoms (e.g. pain, ache, nausea, itching etc.)

0.55

0.61

0.69

Anxiety/depression

0.65

0.69

0.81

Depression (sad, melancholic or depressed)

0.57

0.60

0.73

Distress (anxious, stressed or nervous)

0.69

0.71

0.82

–

–

–

–

Vision (seeing and reading with or without glasses)

0.52

0.55

0.63

Hearing (with or without a hearing aid)

0.36

0.39

0.45

Breathing (breathing difficulties, shortness of breath)

0.52

0.58

0.66

Sleeping

0.70

0.74

0.82

Eating

0.17

0.12

0.23

Speech

0.25

0.23

0.35

Excretion (bladder and bowel)

0.47

0.51

0.58

Mental function (thinking clearly and logically, memory)

0.34

0.34

0.45

Vitality (e.g. healthy and energetic, weary, tired or feeble, exhausted)

0.71

0.74

0.82

Sexual activities

0.60

0.69

0.76

Total average

0.56

0.62

0.68

Total average

0.49

0.52

0.61