Table 4.
Mean utilities (95% confidence intervals) for | ||||
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Progressive disease | Stable disease | Partial response | Complete response | |
Respondents' gender | ||||
Male (n = 98) | 0.26 (0.20; 0.32) | 0.40 (0.34; 0.46) | 0.49 (0.44; 0.55) | 0.59 (0.54; 0.63) |
Female (n = 109) | 0.33 (0.27; 0.38) | 0.45 (0.39; 0.51) | 0.53 (0.48; 0.59) | 0.62 (0.57; 0.66) |
Respondents' age | ||||
<41 years (n = 60) | 0.32 (0.24; 0.41) | 0.47 (0.38; 0.56) | 0.53 (0.44; 0.62) | 0.62 (0.55; 0.69) |
41–50 years (n = 28) | 0.45 (0.35; 0.55)* | 0.55 (0.45; 0.65)** | 0.63 (0.53; 0.72)*** | 0.71 (0.63; 0.79)**** |
51–60 years (n = 42) | 0.23 (0.13; 0.33) | 0.40 (0.30; 0.51) | 0.51 (0.42; 0.60) | 0.58 (0.51; 0.65) |
61–70 years (n = 37) | 0.27 (0.17; 0.36) | 0.37 (0.27; 0.46) | 0.46 (0.36; 0.56) | 0.57 (0.49; 0.64) |
>70 years (n = 40) | 0.24 (0.17; 0.31) | 0.37 (0.30; 0.43) | 0.46 (0.39; 0.54) | 0.57 (0.51; 0.63) |
Respondents' marital status | ||||
Single (n = 44) | 0.35 (0.24; 0.45) | 0.54 (0.44; 0.64) | 0.61 (0.52; 0.71) | 0.67 (0.58; 0.75) |
Married/cohabiting (n = 127) | 0.31 (0.27; 0.36) | 0.43 (0.38; 0.48) | 0.52 (0.47; 0.57) | 0.62 (0.58; 0.65) |
Divorced/separated (n = 18) | 0.25 (0.09; 0.40) | 0.42 (0.29; 0.55) | 0.48 (0.36; 0.60) | 0.58 (0.47; 0.69) |
Widowed (n = 18) | 0.09 (0.02; 0.16)† | 0.20 (0.08; 0.33)†† | 0.28 (0.14; 0.41)††† | 0.41 (0.30; 0.52)†††† |
Respondents' employment status | ||||
Employed (n = 110) | 0.31 (0.25; 0.37) | 0.45 (0.39; 0.51) | 0.53 (0.47; 0.58) | 0.61 (0.57; 0.66) |
Self-employed (n = 11) | 0.32 (0.14; 0.51) | 0.47 (0.26; 0.68) | 0.55 (0.36; 0.75) | 0.67 (0.54; 0.81) |
Unemployed (n = 8) | 0.25 (0.00; 0.54) | 0.42 (0.30; 0.55) | 0.55 (0.47; 0.63) | 0.68 (0.49; 0.87) |
Retired (n = 72) | 0.25 (0.19; 0.31) | 0.36 (0.30; 0.42) | 0.46 (0.40; 0.53) | 0.56 (0.50; 0.61) |
Student/at home (n = 6) | 0.55 (0.38; 0.72) | 0.60 (0.43; 0.77) | 0.67 (0.49; 0.84) | 0.72 (0.51; 0.94) |
Respondents' income* | ||||
Pension (n = 43) | 0.24 (0.18; 0.31)‡ | 0.35 (0.29; 0.42)‡‡ | 0.43 (0.37; 0.50)‡‡‡ | 0.55 (0.49; 0.60) |
<£10,000 (n = 17) | 0.26 (0.14; 0.37) | 0.40 (0.29; 0.50) | 0.51 (0.39; 0.63) | 0.61 (0.51; 0.71) |
£10,000–£20,000 (n = 34) | 0.30 (0.20; 0.40) | 0.41 (0.34; 0.48) | 0.50 (0.42; 0.58) | 0.63 (0.56; 0.70) |
£21,000–£30,000 (n = 37) | 0.37 (0.27; 0.47) | 0.52 (0.41; 0.63) | 0.59 (0.50; 0.69) | 0.64 (0.56; 0.72) |
>£30,000 (n = 61) | 0.31 (0.21; 0.40) | 0.47 (0.37; 0.57) | 0.55 (0.46; 0.64) | 0.62 (0.55; 0.69) |
*P < 0.02; **P < 0.03; ***P < 0.05; ****P < 0.01 higher than the three older age groups.
† P < 0.002; †† P < 0.002; ††† P < 0.005; †††† P < 0.001 lower than the single and married/cohabiting groups.
‡ P < 0.05; ‡‡ P < 0.01; ‡‡‡ P < 0.02; lower than the £21,000–£30,000 group.