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. 2018 May 14;118(11):1518–1528. doi: 10.1038/s41416-018-0084-z

Table 2.

EQ-5D-5L number of generic health problems and domain responses by demographic

Demographic Problems on any EQ5D domain Mobility Self-care
No problems Problems p-value No problems Problems p-value No problems Problems p-value
N % N % N % N % N % N %
Age, years χ2 = 5.7, p = 0.226 χ2 = 41.8, p < 0.01 χ2 = 16.4, p < 0.01
 <55 21 41.2 30 58.8 40 76.9 12 23.1 45 88.2 6 11.8
 55–64 43 32.6 89 67.4 101 74.3 35 25.7 119 87.5 17 12.5
 65–74 92 39.5 141 60.5 164 68.3 76 31.7 210 87.1 31 12.9
 75–84 54 30.9 121 69.1 88 49.2 91 50.8 141 77.0 42 23.0
 ≥85 9 26.5 25 73.5 12 34.3 23 65.7 23 67.7 11 32.3
Sex χ2 = 0.2, p = 0.651 χ2 = 0.3, p = 0.584 χ2 = 0, p = 0.911
 Male 170 35.6 308 64.4 310 63.7 177 36.3 410 83.5 81 16.5
 Female 51 33.6 101 66.4 98 61.2 62 38.8 133 83.1 27 16.9
No. of long-term conditions χ2 = 48.9, p < 0.01 χ2 = 115.9, p < 0.01 χ2 = 81.9, p < 0.01
 None 57 53.3 50 46.7 94 86.2 15 13.8 107 98.2 2 1.8
 1 84 43.5 109 56.5 155 78.3 43 21.7 181 91.0 18 9.0
 2 41 30.1 95 69.9 84 60.4 55 39.6 120 86.3 19 13.7
 ≥3 31 17.1 150 82.9 63 33.3 126 66.7 120 62.8 71 37.2
Disease status χ2 = 17.4, p = 0.01 χ2 = 13, p < 0.01 χ2 = 11.5, p < 0.01
 Remission 170 40.4 251 59.6 288 66.8 143 33.2 371 85.9 61 14.1
 Treated but cancer still present 9 22.5 31 77.5 21 51.2 20 48.8 29 70.7 12 29.3
 Recurrence 8 26.7 22 73.3 20 66.7 10 33.3 25 83.3 5 16.7
 Not certain 15 19.2 63 80.8 39 48.1 42 51.9 60 74.1 21 25.9
Treatment χ2 = 6.6, p = 0.156 χ2 = 31.7, p < 0.01 χ2 = 20.5, p < 0.01
 Endoscopy/telescopy 68 34.5 129 65.5 108 53.5 94 46.5 166 81.0 39 19.0
 Endoscopy/telescopy with chemotherapy directly into the bladder 80 41.5 113 58.5 145 74.0 51 26.0 177 89.9 20 10.1
 Radical cystectomy 27 30.7 61 69.3 62 68.9 28 31.1 74 82.2 16 17.8
 Radiotherapy and Intravenous chemotherapy 10 30.3 23 69.7 20 57.1 15 42.9 31 88.6 4 11.4
 Radiotherapy 16 26.2 45 73.8 26 41.3 37 58.7 41 66.1 21 33.9
Stoma status χ2 = 1.7, p = 0.189 χ2 = 0.2, p = 0.622 χ2 = 0.7, p = 0.400
 Stoma 31 29.5 74 70.5 70 66.0 36 34.0 86 81.1 20 18.9
 No stoma 152 36.4 266 63.6 271 63.5 156 36.5 365 84.5 67 15.5
Demographic Usual activities Pain/Discomfort Anxiety/Depression
No problems Problems p-value No problems Problems p-value No problems Problems p-value
N % N % N % N % N % N %
Age, years χ2 = 21, p < 0.01 χ2 = 7.7, p = 0.103 χ2 = 13.3, p = 0.01
 <55 35 67.3 17 32.7 31 59.6 21 40.4 26 50.0 26 50.0
 55–64 84 62.7 50 37.3 74 54.4 62 45.6 76 56.3 59 43.7
 65–74 151 63.2 88 36.8 161 67.9 76 32.1 165 69.0 74 31.0
 75–84 87 47.5 96 52.5 118 64.5 65 35.5 125 69.4 55 30.6
 ≥85 12 35.3 22 64.7 20 57.1 15 42.9 20 58.8 14 41.2
Sex χ2 = 3.2, p = 0.073 χ2 = 1.9, p = 0.169 χ2 = 0, p = 0.876
 Male 291 59.4 199 40.6 300 61.2 190 38.8 317 64.6 174 35.4
 Female 81 51.3 77 48.7 107 67.3 52 32.7 99 63.9 56 36.1
No. of long-term conditions χ2 = 74.4, p < 0.01 χ2 = 41.8, p < 0.01 χ2 = 10.8, p = 0.013
None 87 79.1 23 20.9 87 79.8 22 20.2 79 71.8 31 28.2
 1 133 67.2 65 32.8 140 69.7 61 30.3 132 67.0 65 33.0
 2 78 56.1 61 43.9 82 59.9 55 40.1 91 65.9 47 34.1
 ≥3 62 33.0 126 67.0 86 45.5 103 54.5 103 54.8 85 45.2
Disease status χ2 = 19.6, p < 0.01 χ2 = 18, p < 0.01 χ2 = 16.9, p < 0.01
 Remission 271 63.3 157 36.7 292 67.9 138 32.1 301 70.2 128 29.8
Treated but cancer still present 20 48.8 21 51.2 21 52.5 19 47.5 19 47.5 21 52.5
 Recurrence 16 53.3 14 46.7 16 53.3 14 46.7 15 50.0 15 50.0
 Not certain 31 38.3 50 61.7 37 45.7 44 54.3 44 55.0 36 45.0
Treatment χ2 = 19.2, p < 0.01 χ2 = 14.3, p < 0.01 χ2 = 2.1, p = 0.719
 Endoscopy/telescopy 123 60.0 82 40.0 144 70.6 60 29.4 132 65.4 70 34.6
 Endoscopy/telescopy with chemotherapy directly into the bladder 131 66.8 65 33.2 130 66.7 65 33.3 129 65.5 68 34.5
 Radical cystectomy 41 46.1 48 53.9 51 56.0 40 44.0 53 59.6 36 40.4
 Radiotherapy and Intravenous chemotherapy 17 50.0 17 50.0 16 47.1 18 52.9 20 57.1 15 42.9
 Radiotherapy 26 41.9 36 58.1 33 53.2 29 46.8 41 67.2 20 32.8
Stoma status χ2 = 6, p = 0.014 χ2 = 7.2, p < 0.01 χ2 = 0.1, p = 0.807
Stoma 51 47.7 56 52.3 54 50.5 53 49.5 67 62.6 40 37.4
 No stoma 260 60.7 168 39.3 277 64.6 152 35.4 276 63.9 156 36.1