Table 3.

EQ‐5D level decrements and relative choice consistency between study arms

EQ‐5D level decrements	Population M (μ)	Population SD (sqrt [diag Σ])
Mobility 2	−0.31 [−0.37, −0.25]*	0.54 [0.46, 0.64]*
Mobility 3	−0.54 [−0.61, −0.47]*	0.84 [0.77, 0.93]*
Mobility 4	−1.68 [−1.77, −1.58]*	1.47 [1.38, 1.56]*
Mobility 5	−2.43 [−2.56, −2.30]*	2.23 [2.08, 2.41]*
Self‐care 2	−0.32 [−0.38, −0.26]*	0.44 [0.37, 0.54]*
Self‐care 3	−0.53 [−0.59, −0.46]*	0.65 [0.57, 0.71]*
Self‐care 4	−1.39 [−1.46, −1.30]*	1.15 [1.07, 1.25]*
Self‐care 5	−1.92 [−2.03, −1.82]*	1.70 [1.57, 1.83]*
Usual activities 2	−0.32 [−0.38, −0.26]*	0.46 [0.39, 0.52]*
Usual activities 3	−0.57 [−0.64, −0.50]*	0.67 [0.59, 0.73]*
Usual activities 4	−1.48 [−1.56, −1.39]*	1.17 [1.07, 1.30]*
Usual activities 5	−2.13 [−2.24, −2.02]*	1.76 [1.67, 1.86]*
Pain/discomfort 2	−0.43 [−0.49, −0.37]*	0.58 [0.51, 0.65]*
Pain/discomfort 3	−0.71 [−0.77, −0.64]*	0.88 [0.76, 0.99]*
Pain/discomfort 4	−2.20 [−2.31, −2.09]*	1.87 [1.76, 2.00]*
Pain/discomfort 5	−3.38 [−3.54, −3.23]*	2.82 [2.63, 3.00]*
Anxiety/depression 2	−0.48 [−0.55, −0.42]*	0.76 [0.68, 0.85]*
Anxiety/depression 3	−0.95 [−1.04, −0.87]*	1.34 [1.26, 1.42]*
Anxiety/depression 4	−2.37 [−2.52, −2.24]*	2.57 [2.41, 2.70]*
Anxiety/depression 5	−3.90 [−4.11, −3.70]*	3.97 [3.76, 4.22]*
Relative choice consistency	Scale parameters (γ)
γ 1 no overlap, no color	0.75 [0.70, 0.80]**
γ 2 no overlap, shades of purple	0.76 [0.71, 0.82]**
γ 3 overlap, no color	1.00 [0.93, 1.08]
γ 4 overlap, highlighting	1.23 [1.15, 1.32]**
γ 5 overlap, shades of purple	1.25 [1.17, 1.33]**

Note. Mean posterior estimates with 95% credible intervals (CI) in parentheses based on N = 2,731 completes.

^* 95% CI of μ does not comprise 0.0.

^** 95% CI of γ does not comprise 1.0.