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. 2017 Mar 4;26(7):1649–1658. doi: 10.1007/s11136-017-1536-2

Table 4.

Mean utility scores and mean differences (95% confidence intervals) for different health states of depression

Reference\comparator Remission Minor depression Mild depression Moderate depression Severe depression
EQ-5D (N obs = 4979)
Remission 0.70 (0.67 to 0.73) −0.08 (−0.10 to − 0.06)*** −0.13 (−0.15 to − 0.1.)*** −0.18 (− 0.20 to − 0.15)*** −0.34 (−0.37 to − 0.30) ***
Minor depression X 0.62 (0.58 to 0.65) −0.04 (−0.07 to −0.02)*** -0.09 (− 0.12 to − 0.07)*** −0.26 (−0.29 to − 0.22)***
Mild depression X X 0.57 (0.54 to 0.61) −0.05 (− 0.07 to − 0.03)*** −0.21 (−0.25 to − 0.18)***
Moderate depression X X X 0.52 (0.49 to 0.56) −0.16 (−0.20 to −0.13)***
Severe depression X X X X 0.39 (0.35–0.43)
SF-6D (N obs = 1726)
Remission 0.69 (0.67–0.71) −0.06 (−0.08 to −0.04)*** −0.10 (−0.12 to − 0.08)*** −0.13 (− 0.15 to − 0.11)*** −0.14 (−0.16 to − 0.12)***
Minor depression X 0.63 (0.61 to 0.66) −0.04 (−0.06 to 0.02)*** −0.07 (− 0.09 to − 0.05)*** −0.08 (− 0.10 to − 0.6)***
Mild depression X X 0.59 (0.58 to 0.61) −0.03 (−0.05 to − 0.01)** −0.04 (−0.06 to − 0.02)***
Moderate depression X X X 0.56 (0.54 to 0.59) −0.01 (−0.03 to 0.00)
Severe depression X X X X 0.55 (0.53 to 0.57)

N obs number of observations

*P < .05; **P < .01; ***P < .001