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. 2019 Sep 4;28(12):3197–3211. doi: 10.1007/s11136-019-02283-w

Table 4.

QLU-C10D utility decrements for German version 2 (Response level 3 = “ziemlich”)

Parameter Severity level Parameter estimates Utility decrements Utility decrements with imposed monotonicity
α β Estimate (β/α) SE Estimate SE
Time 0.523
Physical functioning (restrictions) 2 (a little) − 0.033 − 0.063* 0.025 − 0.062* 0.025
3 (quite a bit) − 0.108 − 0.207** 0.025 − 0.201** 0.024
4 (very much) − 0.155 − 0.297** 0.024 − 0.290** 0.023
Role Functioning (restrictions) 2 (a little) − 0.002 − 0.004 0.019 − 0.005 0.019
3 (quite a bit) − 0.046 − 0.088** 0.019 − 0.085** 0.018
4 (very much) − 0.059 − 0.112** 0.017 − 0.109** 0.017
Social Functioning (restrictions) 2 (a little) − 0.009 − 0.018 0.017 − 0.019 0.017
3 (quite a bit) − 0.031 − 0.060** 0.019 − 0.059** 0.018
4 (very much) − 0.049 − 0.094** 0.016 − 0.093** 0.016
Emotional Functioning (restrictions) 2 (a little) 0.016 0.031 0.019 0.000
3 (quite a bit) 0.006 0.011 0.020 − 0.007 0.016
4 (very much) − 0.009 − 0.017 0.017 − 0.029* 0.015
Pain 2 (a little) − 0.010 − 0.019 0.018 − 0.019 0.018
3 (quite a bit) − 0.045 − 0.085** 0.019 − 0.082** 0.019
4 (very much) − 0.104 − 0.198** 0.017 − 0.195** 0.017
Fatigue 2 (a little) − 0.015 − 0.028 0.017 − 0.027 0.016
3 (quite a bit) − 0.020 − 0.038* 0.018 − 0.037* 0.018
4 (very much) − 0.024 − 0.046** 0.016 − 0.047** 0.015
Sleep 2 (a little) − 0.028 − 0.053** 0.017 − 0.050** 0.016
3 (quite a bit) − 0.034 − 0.065** 0.017 − 0.057** 0.014
4 (very much) − 0.026 − 0.050** 0.016 − 0.057** 0.014
Lacking appetite 2 (a little) − 0.014 − 0.026 0.017 − 0.027 0.016
3 (quite a bit) − 0.015 − 0.029 0.018 − 0.029* 0.015
4 (very much) − 0.014 − 0.026 0.016 − 0.029* 0.015
Nausea 2 (a little) − 0.011 − 0.021 0.017 − 0.023 0.017
3 (quite a bit) − 0.043 − 0.083** 0.017 − 0.082** 0.017
4 (very much) − 0.044 − 0.085** 0.016 − 0.085** 0.015
Bowel problems 2 (a little) − 0.022 − 0.042** 0.016 − 0.044** 0.015
3 (quite a bit) − 0.022 − 0.043* 0.017 − 0.044** 0.017
4 (very much) − 0.035 − 0.067** 0.016 − 0.067** 0.015

*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01

aParameter estimates obtained from conditional logistic regression; α denotes the time parameter and β the health state parameters