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Table 5 Respondents self-reported health on EQ-5D tariff and VAS before diagnosis and at the survey time

From: The impact of diagnosis on health-related quality of life in people with coeliac disease: a UK population-based longitudinal perspective

  2015 2006 2015–2006
Mean 95% CI Mean 95% CI Mean difference 95% CI p-value
EQ-5D tariff
 Pre-diagnosis 0.65 (0.63, 0.67) 0.56 (0.54, 0.59) 0.09*** (0.06, 0.12) < 0.001
 Time of survey 0.85 (0.84, 0.86) 0.84 (0.82, 0.85) 0.01 s (−0.01, 0.03) 0.210
 Change 0.20*** (0.18, 0.22) 0.27*** (0.25, 0.30) − 0.07*** (− 0.11, − 0.04) < 0.001
 UK population norma 0.80 (0.79,0.81) 0.82 (0.81, 0.83)    
Visual Analogue Scale
 Pre-diagnosis 56% (55, 57) 47% (46, 49) 8%*** (6, 11) < 0.001
 Time of survey 80% (79, 81) 80% (79, 81) 0 n/a n/a
 Change 24%*** (23, 26) 33%*** (31, 35) −9%*** (−11, −6) < 0.001
  1. a Population Norm from Health Survey from England 2011 and 1996, respectively, adjusted to survey age at time of each survey
  2. *** significant at the 1% level; **significant at the 5% level; *significant at the 10% level
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BMC Gastroenterology

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