Table 4 Mean utility scores (single attribute, multiattribute global HUI3) and VAS score by personal characteristic variables
From: Japanese health utilities index mark 3 (HUI3): measurement properties in a community sample
Variables and category | n | age | Attributes and single utility scores | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
avg ± std | Vision | Hearing | Speech | Ambulation | ||
Education | ||||||
 Student | 194 | 19.88 ± 3.07 | 0.96 ± 0.08 | 1.00 ± 0.00 | 0.98 ± 0.07 | 1.00 ± 0.00 |
 Low | 1515 | 46.06 ± 12.87 | 0.96 ± 0.06 | 0.99 ± 0.08 | 0.97 ± 0.10 | 1.00 ± 0.05 |
 High | 1743 | 37.67 ± 10.84 | 0.96 ± 0.05 | 1.00 ± 0.05 | 0.99 ± 0.06 | 1.00 ± 0.03 |
Marital status | ||||||
 Married | 2413 | 44.63 ± 11.54 | 0.96 ± 0.06 | 0.99 ± 0.06 | 0.98 ± 0.08 | 1.00 ± 0.03 |
 Divorced | 131 | 42.84 ± 10.93 | 0.97 ± 0.04 | 1.00 ± 0.02 | 0.99 ± 0.05 | 0.99 ± 0.06 |
 Widowed | 103 | 70.50 ± 11.79 | 0.94 ± 0.08 | 0.94 ± 0.19 | 0.96 ± 0.10 | 0.95 ± 0.12 |
 Single | 894 | 27.77 ± 8.89 | 0.97 ± 0.06 | 1.00 ± 0.03 | 0.97 ± 0.09 | 1.00 ± 0.04 |
Gender | ||||||
 Male | 2540 | 40.61 ± 12.12 | 0.96 ± 0.06 | 0.99 ± 0.07 | 0.97 ± 0.08 | 1.00 ± 0.04 |
 Female | 1030 | 42.03 ± 18.38 | 0.96 ± 0.06 | 0.99 ± 0.07 | 0.99 ± 0.07 | 0.99 ± 0.05 |
Annual family income | ||||||
 0-10000USD | 442 | 37.90 ± 19.73 | 0.96 ± 0.06 | 1.00 ± 0.04 | 0.98 ± 0.09 | 0.99 ± 0.06 |
 10,000-50000USD | 1182 | 37.50 ± 15.38 | 0.96 ± 0.06 | 0.99 ± 0.07 | 0.98 ± 0.08 | 1.00 ± 0.04 |
 More than 50000USD | 1763 | 43.38 ± 8.73 | 0.96 ± 0.05 | 0.99 ± 0.06 | 0.98 ± 0.08 | 1.00 ± 0.02 |
Employment | ||||||
 Seeking work or part time | 149 | 69.13 ± 14.55 | 0.94 ± 0.11 | 0.94 ± 0.20 | 0.97 ± 0.10 | 0.94 ± 0.16 |
 Student | 217 | 20.08 ± 3.76 | 0.96 ± 0.07 | 1.00 ± 0.00 | 0.97 ± 0.09 | 1.00 ± 0.00 |
 House wife | 376 | 49.56 ± 14.96 | 0.96 ± 0.05 | 0.99 ± 0.04 | 0.99 ± 0.05 | 1.00 ± 0.02 |
 Others | 2800 | 40.01 ± 10.79 | 0.96 ± 0.05 | 1.00 ± 0.05 | 0.98 ± 0.08 | 1.00 ± 0.02 |
Inter-human relationship in work site | ||||||
 Excellent | 445 | 37.30 ± 12.44 | 0.97 ± 0.06 | 1.00 ± 0.03 | 0.99 ± 0.07 | 1.00 ± 0.02 |
 Good | 1230 | 38.90 ± 11.36 | 0.97 ± 0.05 | 1.00 ± 0.04 | 0.98 ± 0.06 | 1.00 ± 0.01 |
 Fair | 1213 | 40.25 ± 11.30 | 0.96 ± 0.06 | 1.00 ± 0.06 | 0.97 ± 0.09 | 1.00 ± 0.02 |
 Bad | 133 | 38.73 ± 9.70 | 0.97 ± 0.05 | 0.98 ± 0.09 | 0.95 ± 0.11 | 1.00 ± 0.02 |
 Very bad | 30 | 39.26 ± 9.15 | 0.98 ± 0.03 | 0.96 ± 0.19 | 0.93 ± 0.16 | 1.00 ± 0.00 |
Inter-human relationship in family | ||||||
 Excellent | 883 | 39.84 ± 14.06 | 0.97 ± 0.05 | 1.00 ± 0.03 | 0.99 ± 0.06 | 1.00 ± 0.05 |
 Good | 1446 | 40.83 ± 13.30 | 0.96 ± 0.06 | 0.99 ± 0.06 | 0.98 ± 0.07 | 1.00 ± 0.03 |
 Fair | 1056 | 42.43 ± 14.60 | 0.96 ± 0.06 | 0.99 ± 0.07 | 0.97 ± 0.10 | 1.00 ± 0.04 |
 Bad | 85 | 38.45 ± 13.11 | 0.96 ± 0.08 | 0.96 ± 0.19 | 0.96 ± 0.11 | 0.99 ± 0.07 |
 Very bad | 18 | 36.83 ± 10.42 | 0.98 ± 0.03 | 0.94 ± 0.24 | 0.94 ± 0.14 | 1.00 ± 0.00 |
Number of chronic disease | ||||||
 3 and over | 78 | 58.91 ± 16.79 | 0.94 ± 0.11 | 0.93 ± 0.21 | 0.95 ± 0.12 | 0.97 ± 0.08 |
 2 | 222 | 52.41 ± 17.48 | 0.95 ± 0.08 | 0.98 ± 0.13 | 0.97 ± 0.09 | 0.98 ± 0.08 |
 1 | 877 | 44.36 ± 15.19 | 0.96 ± 0.07 | 0.99 ± 0.06 | 0.97 ± 0.09 | 0.99 ± 0.05 |
 0 | 2400 | 38.30 ± 12.25 | 0.97 ± 0.05 | 1.00 ± 0.04 | 0.98 ± 0.07 | 1.00 ± 0.03 |