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. 2022 Sep 15;6(6):859–870. doi: 10.1007/s41669-022-00363-1

Table 7.

Summary of (dis)utilities

(Dis)utilities (SE) References
Patient health state utility
 EDSS
 0 0.86 (0.00) Guertin et al.a [40]
 1 0.73 (0.15) Tappenden et al.b [41]
 2 0.62 (0.12) Tappenden et al.b [41]
 3 0.54 (0.11) Tappenden et al.b [41]
 4 0.47 (0.09) Tappenden et al.b [41]
 5 0.40 (0.08) Tappenden et al.b [41]
 6 0.30 (0.06) Tappenden et al.b [41]
 7 0.17 (0.03) Tappenden et al.b [41]
 8 − 0.03 (− 0.01) Tappenden et al.b [41]
 9 − 0.31 (− 0.06) Tappenden et al.b [41]
Caregiver disutility
 EDSS
 0 0.00 (0.11) Acaster et al. [42]
 1 0.00 (0.11) Acaster et al. [42]
 2 0.04 (0.11) Acaster et al. [42]
 3 0.04(0.11) Acaster et al. [42]
 4 0.14 (0.12) Acaster et al. [42]
 5 0.16 (0.11) Acaster et al. [42]
 6 0.17 (0.11) Acaster et al. [42]
 7 0.03 (0.08) Acaster et al. [42]
 8 0.09 (0.15) Acaster et al. [42]
 9 0.09 (0.15) Acaster et al. [42]
Relapse disutility
 Mild 0.09 (0.01) Prosser et al. [43]
 Moderate 0.09 (0.01) Prosser et al. [43]
 Severe 0.30 (0.03) Prosser et al. [43]
AE disutility
 Non-serious 0.00 (0.00) Assumptionc
 Serious 0.04 (0.01) Assumptiond

aGiven that the modeled data for EDSS 0 resulted in a utility value that was not clinically plausible, the mean utility value for EDSS 0 was based on normative utility data for the Canadian population

bMean utility values for EDSS health states 1–9 were obtained from the functional form modeled Health Utilities Index Mark 3 (HUI3) utility data in Fig. 1 of Tappenden et al. [41] using PlotDigitizer software

cAssumption that a non-serious AE disutility of 0.25 was experienced for 7 days

dAssumption that a serious AE disutility of 0.5 was applied for 1 month

AE adverse event, EDSS expanded disability status scale, SE standard error