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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Med Care. 2011 Oct;49(10):924–931. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e318216592c

Table 2.

Health utilities for adult subjects by self-report ((≥19 years), child subjects by parent proxy-report (8-18 years), and child subjects by self-report (8-18 years).

Adult Self-Report (≥19 yrs)
(n=213)
Parent Proxy-Report
(Parents of children 8-18 years)
(n=223)
Child Self-Report
(8-18 years for HUI n=231)
(15-18 yrs for TTO, n=95)
Mean
(SD)
Median
(25th%-75th %)
% at Maximum Value (n) Mean
(SD)
Median
(25th%-75th %)
% at Maximum Value (n) Mean
(SD)
Median
(25th%-75th %)
% at Maximum Value (n)
Current Overall Quality of Life
HUI *0.85 (0.17) 0.91 (0.79-0.97) 14 (30) 0.91 (0.12) 0.95 (0.88-1.00) 35 (78) *0.89 (0.12) 0.92 (0.83-1.00) 29 (68)
Experienced TTO 0.81 (0.25) 0.92 (0.73-0.98) 33 (70) 0.84 (0.23) 0.92 (0.86-0.98) 39 (86) 0.81 (0.26) 0.97 (0.73-0.98) 31 (29)
Hypothetical Complication States
Blindness §0.52 (0.33) 0.50 (0.23-0.83) 22 (40) §0.69 (0.29) 0.79 (0.48-0.98) 22 (40) - - -
End Stage Renal Disease §0.47 (0.32) 0.48 (0.23-0.73) 8 (16) §0.55 (0.33) 0.50 (0.25-0.86) 15 (26) - - -
Angina 0.74 (0.28) 0.85 (0.61-0.98) 23 (48) 0.81 (0.23) 0.90 (0.73-0.98) 31 (56) - - -
Stroke §0.34 (0.31) 0.23 (0.03-0.56) 4 (9) §0.53 (0.33) 0.50 (0.25-0.86) 13 (23) - - -
Amputation §0.73 (0.30) 0.88 (0.50-0.98) 27(57) §0.82 (0.24) 0.94 (0.78-0.98) 38 (68) - - -
*

Statistically significant differences in utilities comparing child self-report with adult self-report (p<0.01)

Statistically significant differences in utilities for general quality of life comparing the HUI with the TTO (p<0.01).

§

Statistically significant differences in utilities for hypothetical complication states comparing parent proxy-report with adult self-report for blindness and stroke (p<0.001), end stage renal disease (p<0.01), and amputation (p<0.01).