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Table 3 Mean scores (range), standard deviation, median and interquartile range of valuations of health states for VAS and two TTO variants, ranked from highest to lowest valuation.

From: Individual differences in the use of the response scale determine valuations of hypothetical health states: an empirical study

VAS

    
 

Mean (range)

SD

Median

Interquartile range

112121

0.781 (0.20 – 1.00)

0.13

0.80

0.75 – 0.85

222111

0.701,2 (0.25 – 0.98)

0.15

0.70

0.65 – 0.80

122122

0.59 (0.10 – 1.00)

0.17

0.60

0.50 – 0.70

123121

0.57 (0.20 – 1.00)

0.15

0.60

0.50 – 0.65

332221

0.411 (0.00 – 1.00)

0.19

0.40

0.30 – 0.50

222223

0.381,2 (0.00 – 1.00)

0.22

0.35

0.25 – 0.50

TTO-LE

    

112121

0.701,3 (0.03 – 0.98)

0.25

0.78

0.53 – 0.93

222111

0.681,3 (0.03 – 0.98)

0.25

0.73

0.53 – 0.88

122122

0.533 (0.03 – 0.98)

0.29

0.53

0.28 – 0.78

123121

0.493 (0.03 – 0.98)

0.30

0.53

0.23 – 0.73

332221

0.321,3 (0.03 – 0.98)

0.29

0.28

0.25 – 0.48

222223

0.241 (0.03 – 0.98)

0.28

0.08

0.25 – 0.43

TTO-10

    

112121

0.803 (0.08 – 0.98)

0.18

0.88

0.68 – 0.98

222111

0.762,3 (0.03 – 0.98)

0.20

0.78

0.68 – 0.93

122122

0.603 (0.03 – 0.98)

0.27

0.63

0.48 – 0.88

123121

0.583 (0.03 – 0.98)

0.27

0.58

0.48 – 0.78

332221

0.383 (0.03 – 0.98)

0.30

0.38

0.03 – 0.63

222223

0.232 (0.03 – 0.98)

0.26

0.08

0.03 – 0.48

  1. 1significant difference VAS-TTO-LE
  2. 2significant difference VAS – TTO-10
  3. 3significant difference TTO-LE – TTO-10