Table 3.
The domains identified by MS subjects compared with items in generic utility measures
|
Measure |
HUI2 |
HUI3 |
EQ-5D |
SF-6D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Construct | Health status & HRQL [35],[36] | Health status & HRQL [36],[37] | HRQL [38] | Health status [39] |
|
MS Domains |
|
|
|
|
| School/Work |
N |
N |
Y |
Y |
| Fatigue |
N |
N |
N |
Y |
| Sports |
Y |
N |
N |
Y |
| Social life |
N |
N |
N |
Y |
| Relationships |
N |
N |
N |
N |
| Cognition |
Y |
Y |
N |
N |
| Walking |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
| Housework |
N |
N |
Y |
Y |
| Balance |
N |
N |
N |
N |
| Mood* |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
| Total Yes (out of 10) |
4 |
3 |
4 |
6 |
|
Not MS Domains |
|
|
|
|
| Pain |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
| Self-care |
Y |
N |
Y |
Y |
| Vision |
Y |
Y |
N |
N |
| Hearing |
Y |
Y |
N |
N |
| Manual dexterity |
N |
Y |
N |
N |
| Speech |
Y |
Y |
N |
N |
| Fertility | Y | N | N | N |
MS Domains ordered from the largest to the smallest proportion of people with MS who identified that domain.
Y, Yes; N, No; HUI2, Health Utilities Index Mark 2; HUI3, Health Utilities Index Mark 3; SF-6D, EQ-5D, EuroQol-5D; Short-Form 6D.
*In the HUI3 this was happiness.