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Table 3 EQ VAS score for each of the five recoded fatigue items, and for the five most common EQ-5D-5L profiles

From: Adding a fatigue item to the EQ-5D-5L improves its psychometric performance in the general population

EQ-5D profile

Fatigue = 1

Fatigue = 2

Fatigue = 3

Fatigue = 4

Fatigue = 5

n

Mean EQ VAS (95% CI)

n

Mean EQ VAS (95% CI)

n

Mean EQ VAS (95% CI)

n

Mean EQ VAS (95% CI)

n

Mean EQ VAS (95% CI)

All

1195

84.3 (83.5–85.1)

381

78.0 (76.5–79.6)

708

75.9 (74.8–77.0)

478

67.8 (66.3–69.4)

265

54.7 (52.1–57.2)

Subgroups based on their EQ-5D profile

11111

744

87.5 (86.5–88.4)

132

85.2 (83.5–86.8)

174

83.5 (81.8–85.2)

50

78.4 (74.0–82.8)

16

84.9 (78.3–91.6)

11121

155

85.1 (83.3–86.9)

52

83.1 (80.8–85.4)

78

81.1 (78.9–83.4)

37

81.9 (78.7–85.2)

7

78.0 (67.7–88.4)

11112

46

80.6 (76.1–85.1)

26

75.7 (68.0–83.4)

55

79.8 (76.1–83.6)

27

79.0 (75.8–82.2)

0

 

11122

28

77.4 (70.8–84.0)

13

75.4 (61.8–89.0)

40

78.1 (75.0–81.2)

28

73.9 (69.3–78.4)

10

72.7 (59.9–85.5)

21221

28

81.0 (75.0–87.0)

19

78.6 (75.1–82.2)

18

73.6 (64.4–82.8)

14

77.5 (70.7–84.3)

3

78.7 (58.4–90.0)