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Table 2 Problems reported on the EQ-5D-3L dimensions by patients in the 9 National Quality Registers (NQRs) and in the general population

From: Experience-based health state valuation using the EQ VAS: a register-based study of the EQ-5D-3L among nine patient groups in Sweden

Patient group in NQRs/ general population

Severity level

EQ-5D-3L dimension

EQ VAS score

Mean (SD)

Baseline

1-year follow-up

Mobility

Self-care

Usual activities

Pain/

discomfort

Anxiety/

depression

Mobility

Self-care

Usual activities

Pain/

discomfort

Anxiety/

depression

Baseline

1-year follow-up

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

Intervention-based registers

Spine

(n = 44,196)

Level 1

15.3

79.7

27.7

0.6

41.9

57.7

91.7

65.9

23.0

62.4

47.8 (22.1)

67.9 (22.5)

Level 2

82.7

19.1

53.4

49.5

52.1

42.1

7.8

29.8

63.2

33.4

Level 3

2.0

1.2

19.0

49.9

6.0

0.3

0.5

4.4

13.8

4.2

Hip

(n = 90,658)

Level 1

8.1

77.7

40.1

1.5

59.7

61.7

92.4

78.0

45.5

78.4

56.3 (22.2)

76.7 (20.0)

Level 2

91.6

21.3

50.1

57.9

37.1

38.1

7.0

20.0

50.1

20.1

Level 3

0.3

1.0

9.8

40.5

3.3

0.1

0.6

2.0

4.4

1.5

Knee

(n = 16,324)

Level 1

11.6

93.4

53.4

1.8

65.4

62.8

95.1

77.8

36.1

78.6

64.6 (22.1)

76.2 (19.4)

Level 2

88.1

5.8

41.3

63.3

32.2

37.1

4.4

20.6

58.7

19.7

Level 3

0.3

0.9

5.3

35.0

2.4

0.2

0.6

1.7

5.2

1.7

Ankle

(n = 668)

Level 1

3.9

88.3

37.7

1.1

57.5

36.7

91.5

63.9

24.3

71.4

55.8 (21.4)

70.2 (18.9)

Level 2

94.5

10.8

49.3

49.7

38.2

62.9

7.5

32.2

65.6

26.2

Level 3

1.7

0.9

13.0

49.3

4.3

0.5

1.1

3.9

10.2

2.4

Cruciate ligament

(n = 8,155)

Level 1

67.0

97.4

53.6

15.2

49.6

86.9

98.9

79.0

35.0

65.2

62.8 (23.0)

74.5 (19.9)

Level 2

32.7

2.1

37.4

79.0

44.9

13.1

0.8

19.4

61.9

31.5

Level 3

0.3

0.5

9.0

5.7

5.5

0.1

0.3

1.6

3.1

3.3

BOA

(n = 6,690)

Level 1

42.9

96.0

75.6

2.4

67.0

53.3

96.2

80.1

9.8

71.1

68.3 (18.6)

70.4 (18.7)

Level 2

57.0

3.7

23.0

87.3

31.7

46.6

3.4

19.2

82.6

27.9

Level 3

0.1

0.4

1.4

10.3

1.2

0.1

0.4

0.8

7.6

1.1

Diagnosis-based registers

Heart failure

(n = 1,044)

Level 1

60.6

91.9

72.6

47.7

60.3

59.3

91.3

72.8

49.2

62.7

65.4 (18.9)

67.4 (18.8)

Level 2

39.2

7.7

24.0

47.5

36.6

40.2

8.0

24.2

43.5

34.4

Level 3

0.2

0.5

3.5

4.8

3.2

0.5

0.8

3.0

7.3

2.9

Respiratory failure

(n = 725)

Level 1

22.8

62.3

25.9

29.0

42.1

17.0

53.4

19.5

23.9

37.5

51.1 (21.3)

49.1 (20.4)

Level 2

75.6

32.4

53.8

57.7

49.0

79.0

38.5

50.5

60.0

52.3

Level 3

1.7

5.2

20.3

13.4

9.0

4.0

8.1

30.1

16.1

10.2

Bipolar

(n = 3,610)

Level 1

85.7

94.9

70.3

53.0

38.4

82.5

93.7

69.5

50.6

39.6

66.3 (21.1)

67.2 (20.1)

Level 2

14.1

4.7

26.0

40.3

50.6

17.0

5.8

26.5

41.6

49.8

Level 3

0.2

0.4

3.7

6.8

11.0

0.5

0.4

4.1

7.8

10.5

General population

(n = 41,761)

Level 1

91.3

98.6

91.6

53.5

68.4

-

-

-

-

-

79.5

(18.3)

-

Level 2

8.6

1.1

7.3

42.7

29.0

-

-

-

-

-

Level 3

0.1

0.4

1.1

3.8

2.7

-

-

-

-

-

  1. BOA Better management of patients with OsteoArthritis, SD standard deviation; level 1: no problem; level 2: some/moderate problems; level 3: confined to bed/unable to/ extreme problems; the level with the highest proportion in each group is shown in bold