Computer-Assessed Preference-Based Quality of Life in Patients with Spinal Cord Injury

Table 2

Distribution of mTTOSG UCs in patients’ groups split according to the different categorical variables.

Category	mTTOSG utility coefficient distribution: median (min, 25th percentile, 75th percentile, max)
Sex	Male: 0.79 (0.35, 0.62, 0.76, 1)	Female: 0.85 (0.48, 0.73, 0.96, 1)	0.1566
Marital status	Married: 0.87 (0.50, 0.70, 0.94, 1)	Alone: 0.80 (0.35, 0.60, 0.91, 1)	0.3484
Education level	High: 0.73 (0.49, 0.65, 0.85, 1)	Low: 0.88 (0.35, 0.67, 0.97, 1)	0.08097
Employment	Employed: 0.79 (0.52, 0.72, 0.91, 1)	Unemployed: 0.82 (0.35, 0.63, 0.95, 1)	0.7845
AIS	A or B: 0.76 (0.35, 0.63, 0.89, 1)	C: 0.89 (0.48, 0.72, 0.95, 1)	0.07791
Level of injury	Tetraplegic: 0.72 (0.3527, 0.5298, 0.9009, 1)	Paraplegic: 0.83 (0.50, 0.69, 0.94, 1)	0.1072
Phase	Acute: 0.79 (0.52, 0.66, 0.90, 1)	Chronic: 0.83 (0.35, 0.66, 0.95, 1)	0.8704
Cause of injury	Trauma: 0.79 (0.35, 0.61, 0.93, 1)	Other: 0.85 (0.48, 0.73, 0.94, 1)	0.3546
Bladder function	Neurogenic: 0.78 (0.35, 0.64, 0.90, 1)	Normal: 0.90 (0.48, 0.72, 0.96, 1)	0.1336
Bowel function	Neurogenic: 0.79 (0.35, 0.62, 0.90, 1)	Normal: 0.87 (0.48, 0.71, 0.96, 1)	0.2946
Comorbidities	Yes: 0.77 (0.35, 0.62, 0.93, 1)	No: 0.84 (0.53, 0.76, 0.94, 1)	0.2187

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