Table 4.

Mean (SE) {SD} EQ-5D™ index scores in comparison with reference populations

	Reference	BCVI patients	P value
Dutch population	0.89 (0.014)a	0.56 (0.057)	< 0.001*
General trauma population UMCUb	0.68 {0.26}	0.56 {0.35}	0.005*

^aEQ-5D population index norm for people between age 45 and 54 (SE).¹⁸ Median (IQR) and mean {SD} age of the studied BCVI population was found to be 54 (37–69) and 53 {18}

^bEQ-5D index score for general trauma population presenting at the same institution (Utrecht University Medical Center), derived from Gunning et al. [18]

*Significant differences are marked