Utility Values for Advanced Soft Tissue Sarcoma Health States from the General Public in the United Kingdom

Table 4

Mean utilities (95% confidence intervals) for ASTS health states, stratified by socio-demographic parameters, using TTO. (*15 respondents refused to provide details about their income).

	Mean utilities (95% confidence intervals) for
	Progressive disease	Stable disease	Partial response	Complete response
Respondents’ gender
Male (𝑛=98)	0.26 (0.20; 0.32)	0.40 (0.34; 0.46)	0.49 (0.44; 0.55)	0.59 (0.54; 0.63)
Female (𝑛=109)	0.33 (0.27; 0.38)	0.45 (0.39; 0.51)	0.53 (0.48; 0.59)	0.62 (0.57; 0.66)
Respondents’ age
<41 years (𝑛=60)	0.32 (0.24; 0.41)	0.47 (0.38; 0.56)	0.53 (0.44; 0.62)	0.62 (0.55; 0.69)
41–50 years (𝑛=28)	0.45 (0.35; 0.55)*	0.55 (0.45; 0.65)**	0.63 (0.53; 0.72)***	0.71 (0.63; 0.79)****
51–60 years (𝑛=42)	0.23 (0.13; 0.33)	0.40 (0.30; 0.51)	0.51 (0.42; 0.60)	0.58 (0.51; 0.65)
61–70 years (𝑛=37)	0.27 (0.17; 0.36)	0.37 (0.27; 0.46)	0.46 (0.36; 0.56)	0.57 (0.49; 0.64)
>70 years (𝑛=40)	0.24 (0.17; 0.31)	0.37 (0.30; 0.43)	0.46 (0.39; 0.54)	0.57 (0.51; 0.63)
Respondents’ marital status
Single (𝑛=44)	0.35 (0.24; 0.45)	0.54 (0.44; 0.64)	0.61 (0.52; 0.71)	0.67 (0.58; 0.75)
Married/cohabiting (𝑛=127)	0.31 (0.27; 0.36)	0.43 (0.38; 0.48)	0.52 (0.47; 0.57)	0.62 (0.58; 0.65)
Divorced/separated (𝑛=18)	0.25 (0.09; 0.40)	0.42 (0.29; 0.55)	0.48 (0.36; 0.60)	0.58 (0.47; 0.69)
Widowed (𝑛=18)	0.09 (0.02; 0.16)^†	0.20 (0.08; 0.33)^††	0.28 (0.14; 0.41)^†††	0.41 (0.30; 0.52)^††††
Respondents’ employment status
Employed (𝑛=110)	0.31 (0.25; 0.37)	0.45 (0.39; 0.51)	0.53 (0.47; 0.58)	0.61 (0.57; 0.66)
Self-employed (𝑛=11)	0.32 (0.14; 0.51)	0.47 (0.26; 0.68)	0.55 (0.36; 0.75)	0.67 (0.54; 0.81)
Unemployed (𝑛=8)	0.25 (0.00; 0.54)	0.42 (0.30; 0.55)	0.55 (0.47; 0.63)	0.68 (0.49; 0.87)
Retired (𝑛=72)	0.25 (0.19; 0.31)	0.36 (0.30; 0.42)	0.46 (0.40; 0.53)	0.56 (0.50; 0.61)
Student/at home (𝑛=6)	0.55 (0.38; 0.72)	0.60 (0.43; 0.77)	0.67 (0.49; 0.84)	0.72 (0.51; 0.94)
Respondents’ income*
Pension (𝑛=43)	0.24 (0.18; 0.31)^‡	0.35 (0.29; 0.42)^‡‡	0.43 (0.37; 0.50)^‡‡‡	0.55 (0.49; 0.60)
<£10,000 (𝑛=17)	0.26 (0.14; 0.37)	0.40 (0.29; 0.50)	0.51 (0.39; 0.63)	0.61 (0.51; 0.71)
£10,000–£20,000 (𝑛=34)	0.30 (0.20; 0.40)	0.41 (0.34; 0.48)	0.50 (0.42; 0.58)	0.63 (0.56; 0.70)
£21,000–£30,000 (𝑛=37)	0.37 (0.27; 0.47)	0.52 (0.41; 0.63)	0.59 (0.50; 0.69)	0.64 (0.56; 0.72)
>£30,000 (𝑛=61)	0.31 (0.21; 0.40)	0.47 (0.37; 0.57)	0.55 (0.46; 0.64)	0.62 (0.55; 0.69)

* 𝑃<0.02; **𝑃<0.03; ***𝑃<0.05; ****𝑃<0.01 higher than the three older age groups.
^†𝑃<0.002; ^††𝑃<0.002; ^†††𝑃<0.005; ^††††𝑃<0.001 lower than the single and married/cohabiting groups.
^‡𝑃<0.05; ^‡‡𝑃<0.01; ^‡‡‡𝑃<0.02; lower than the £21,000–£30,000 group.