Table 6.

Weighted mean VAS-scores 

	Within dimension task scores
	L1	L2	L3	L4	L5	Death
Hearing	100	75.64	53.34	33.59	23.24	9.31
Speech	100	68.56	50.91	31.01	21.83	7.73
Sleep	100	73.97	58.31	38.42	22.99	9.85
Sexual activity	100	76.28	49.14	32.22	22.20	9.59
Vitality	100	71.34	55.78	37.46	24.18	11.96
Distress	100	71.35	54.01	35.15	23.70	11.63
Breathing	100	69.89	49.77	32.30	17.25	7.01
Vision	100	76.33	50.76	33.84	20.20	10.70
Usual activities	100	73.92	51.83	34.59	20.05	10.83
Mental function	100	67.15	45.31	28.82	18.64	9.86
Elimination	100	69.10	41.94	27.14	17.36	9.78
Depression	100	69.57	51.26	31.57	19.00	11.67
Eating	100	67.94	41.03	22.18	13.23	7.36
Discomfort	100	70.79	47.33	31.28	18.73	13.38
Mobility	100	70.84	50.03	28.46	11.52	7.47

With the scores in Table 6${\widehat{S}}_{j,i}$ can be estimated. j corresponds to dimensions and can be found in the rows of Table 6, while i corresponds to the levels which can by found in the columns of Table 6. For example, the weighted and averaged VAS scores for level four of the hearing dimension (${\widehat{S}}_{1,4}$) can be found in row 1, column 4 of Table 6