Table 3.

Quality of Life Estimates (Utilities)

	Patients (n = 8)	Medical Staff (n = 7)	Combined (N = 15)
Variable	Mean (Range)	Mean (Range)	Mean (95% Confidence Interval)
Age, y	25 (16 to 35)	34 (26 to 42)	29 (25 to 34)
Thoracoscopic surgery	0.38 (0.07 to 0.71)	0.36 (0.07 to 0.71)	0.37 (0.25 to 0.49)
Follow-up after thoracoscopic surgery/follow-up state after pleurodesis	0.84 (0.23 to 1.0)	0.79 (0.67 to 0.97)	0.82 (0.70 to 0.93)
Open thoracotomy	0.35 (0.07 to 0.71)	0.29 (0.07 to 0.71)	0.32 (0.19 to 0.45)
Follow-up state after the first open thoracotomy	0.97 (0.83 to 1.0)	0.86 (0.67 to 1.0)	0.92 (0.86 to 0.97)
Follow-up after second open thoracotomy	0.99 (0.97 to 1.0)	0.91 (0.83 to 1.0)	0.96 (0.92 to 0.99)
Pleural drainage/pleurodesis	0.38 (0.07 to 0.71)	0.53 (0.36 to 1.0)	0.45 (0.33 to 0.58)
Follow-up state after the first pleural drainage	0.63 (0.17 to 1.0)	0.64 (0.5 to 0.83)	0.63 (0.51 to 0.76)
Follow-up state after the second pleural drainage	0.46 (0.17 to 0.67)	0.55 (0.33 to 0.83)	0.50 (0.40 to 0.60)