Table 2. Proportion of respondents who prefer the better statement: EQ-5D-5L.

Better statement (A)	Worse statement (B)	P (A > B)	N	P > 0.98a
Level 2 to Level 3
Slight problems in walking about	Moderate problems in walking about	0.98	59	0.53
Slight problems doing usual activities	Moderate problems doing usual activities	0.92	53	0.06
Slight problems washing or dressing self	Moderate problems washing or dressing self	0.97	60	0.26
Slight pain or discomfort	Moderate pain or discomfort	0.97	61	0.26
Slightly anxious or depressed	Moderately anxious or depressed	1.00	58	1.00
Level 2 to Level 4
Slight problems in walking about	Severe problems in walking about	0.95	63	0.14
Slight problems doing usual activities	Severe problems doing usual activities	0.98	54	0.49
Slight problems washing or dressing self	Severe problems washing or dressing self	1.00	55	1.00
Slight pain or discomfort	Severe pain or discomfort	0.98	63	0.56
Slightly anxious or depressed	Severely anxious or depressed	1.00	59	1.00
Level 3 to Level 4
Moderate problems in walking about	Severe problems in walking about	0.98	59	0.53
Moderate problems doing usual activities	Severe problems doing usual activities	0.98	56	0.51
Moderate problems washing or dressing self	Severe problems washing or dressing self	0.97	62	0.27
Moderate pain or discomfort	Severe pain or discomfort	0.98	54	0.49
Moderately anxious or depressed	Severely anxious or depressed	1.00	53	1.00
Level 3 to Level 5
Moderate problems in walking about	Unable to walk about	1.00	54	1.00
Moderate problems doing usual activities	Unable to do usual activities	0.97	60	0.26
Moderate problems washing or dressing self	Unable to wash or dress self	1.00	59	1.00
Moderate pain or discomfort	Extreme pain or discomfort	0.98	55	0.50
Moderately anxious or depressed	Extremely anxious or depressed	0.98	58	0.52
Level 4 to Level 5
Severe problems in walking about	Unable to walk about	0.88	57	0.01
Severe problems doing usual activities	Unable to do usual activities	0.89	57	0.02
Severe problems washing or dressing self	Unable to wash or dress self	0.91	56	0.03
Severe pain or discomfort	Extreme pain or discomfort	0.84	55	<0.01
Severely anxious or depressed	Extremely anxious or depressed	0.49	59	<0.01

For example, 29 out of 59 respondents prefer “severely anxious or depressed” over “extremely anxious or depressed” (P (A > B) = 0.49)

^aOne-sided P values for a t test on whether the proportion is >0.98. Sample size varied (53–63) due to sampling. Each respondent completed only 1 pair (no missingness)