Comparing the psychometric properties of EQ-5D-3L and EQ-5D-5L proxy ratings by informal caregivers and a health professional for people with dementia

Michalowsky, Bernhard; Hoffmann, Wolfgang; Mohr, Wiebke; Rädke, Anika; Xie, Feng

doi:10.1186/s12955-022-02049-y

Table 5 Discriminative ability/known-groups validity of the EQ-5D-3L and the EQ-5D-5L (proxy-rating given by a caregivers and care manager)

From: Comparing the psychometric properties of EQ-5D-3L and EQ-5D-5L proxy ratings by informal caregivers and a health professional for people with dementia

	Caregiver proxy rating				Care manager proxy rating
	3L		5L		3L		5L
	Mean (SD)	p-value	Mean (SD)	p-value	Mean (SD)	p-value	Mean (SD)	p-value
Overall
Index values	0.48 (0.26)		0.50 (0.32)		0.52 (0.22)		0.61 (0.25)
Visual Analogue Scale	0.50 (19.7)		0.50 (19.7)		0.49 (18.9)		0.49 (18.9)
MMSE
No hint for	0.63 (0.27)	0.114	0.60 (0.37)	0.272	0.58 (0.23)	0.045	0.71 (0.13)	0.073
Mild	0.49 (0.25)		0.55 (0.33)		0.56 (0.23)		0.65 (0.26)
Moderate/Severe	0.44 (0.24)		0.45 (0.32)		0.47 (0.20)		0.55 (0.26)
General physical health
Very good	0.77 (0.31)	0.001	0.80 (0.23)	0.001	0.66 (0.24)	0.007	0.71 (0.31)	0.044
Good	0.49 (0.21)		0.53 (0.28)		0.53 (0.20)		0.63 (0.24)
Poor	0.34 (0.18)		0.53 (0.32)		0.45 (0.21)		0.54 (0.26)
General mental health
Very good	0.68 (0.28)	0.001	0.73 (0.24)	0.001	0.57 (0.25)	0.047	0.67 (0.25)	0.102
Good	0.46 (0.26)		0.46 (0.38)		0.54 (0.20)		0.63 (0.23)
Poor	0.38 (0.15)		0.42 (0.23)		0.45 (0.20)		0.54 (0.28)
Depression (GDS)
No hint for	0.50 (0.27)	0.066	0.54 (0.33)	0.017	0.53 (0.22)	0.322	0.62 (0.26)	0.213
Hint for	0.37 (0.17)		0.33 (0.33)		0.48 (0.22)		0.55 (0.26)
Functional impairment (B-ADL)
No problems	0.67 (0.27)	0.001	0.73 (0.24)	0.001	0.61 (0.21)	0.011	0.66 (0.26)	0.316
Moderate problems	0.43 (0.24)		0.48 (0.32)		0.49 (0.22)		0.59 (0.27)
Severe problems	0.40 (0.20)		0.36 (0.27)		0.46 (0.19)		0.57 (0.23)
Pain (STEP)
No	0.53 (0.29)	0.036	0.61 (0.29)	0.009	0.47 (0.23)	0.037	0.56 (0.29)	0.057
Moderate	0.50 (0.27)		0.49 (0.41)		0.59 (0.20)		0.69 (0.16)
Severe	0.39 (0.17)		0.39 (0.27)		0.50 (0.21)		0.58 (0.27)
Hospitalization
Yes	0.38 (0.19)	0.001	0.37 (0.32)	0.001	0.50 (0.21)	0.378	0.65 (0.25)	0.096
No	0.56 (0.27)		0.61 (0.29)		0.54 (0.22)		0.63 (0.32)

Significant discriminations are highlighted in bold

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