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Table 3 Health-related quality-of-life estimates for Alzheimer’s disease

From: Can the general public use vignettes to discriminate between Alzheimer’s disease health states?

Health state

EQ-5D-5La

QoL-ADb

Mean

Mean

Mild

0.65

26.7

Moderate

0.51

23.0

Severe

0.25

17.4

Difference: Mild - Moderate

0.15c

3.7c

Difference: Mild - Severe

0.41c

9.3c

Difference: Moderate - Severe

0.27c

5.6c

  1. CI confidence interval, QoL-AD Quality-of-life – Alzheimer’s Disease
  2. aEQ-5D-5L responses were converted into health utility scores (0 = death; 1 = perfect health); means and mean differences were rounded to two decimal places
  3. bScore range 13 to 52: lower scores indicate poorer health-related quality-of-life
  4. c p <0.0001
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BMC Geriatrics

ISSN: 1471-2318

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