Table 3.
Consistency in utilities for levels of functioning of individual quality of life domainsa
| Most important | Least important | Total N = 47 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Domain 1 | Domain 2 | Domain 3 | Domain 4 | Domain 5 | ||
| Number of inconsistencies in rank order utilities out of six pairs per domain | ||||||
| Mean (SD) | 0.2 (0.6) | 0.2 (0.5) | 0.8 (1.0) | 1.0 (1.2) | 1.7 (1.1) | 3.9 (2.1) |
| N(%) | N(%) | N(%) | N(%) | N(%) | N(%) | |
| No inconsistencies | 41 (87) | 41 (87) | 25 (53) | 23 (49) | 8 (17) | 138 (59) |
| One inconsistency | 2 (4) | 4 (9) | 7 (15) | 9 (19) | 11 (23) | 33 (14) |
| Two inconsistencies | 4 (9) | 2 (4) | 13 (28) | 10 (21) | 17 (36) | 46 (20) |
| Three inconsistencies | 2 (4) | 4 (9) | 9 (19) | 15 (6) | ||
| Four inconsistencies | 1 (2) | 2 (4) | 3 (1) | |||
aThe content of the domains may vary between patients, according to what an individual patient evaluates as most important