Research Article

Preliminary Study to Evaluate Three Different Treatments on Stable Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patients Based on Markov Model

Table 1

UK SF-6D Score Model.

Whole ConditionPhysical functionRole limitationSocial functionPainMental healthVitality
ItemScoreLevelScoreLevelScoreLevelScoreLevelScoreLevelScoreLevelScore

C±1PF10RL10SF10PAIN10MH10VIT10
MOST&-0.070PF2-0.053RL2-0.053SF2-0.055PAIN2-0.047MH2-0.049VIT2-0.086
PF3-0.011RL3-0.055SF3-0.067PAIN3-0.025MH3-0.042VIT3-0.061
PF4-0.040RL4-0.050SF4-0.070PAIN4-0.056MH4-0.109VIT4-0.054
PF5-0.054SF5-0.087PAIN5-0.091MH5-0.128VIT5-0.091
PF6-0.111PAIN6-0.167

Utility value =C+PF+RL+SF+PAIN+MH+VIT+MOST. The utility is between 0 and 1. ±C is a constant. &MOST will be used if any dimension is at the most critical level.