Table 3 Ranking of fifteen disease stages according to mean visual analogue scale values in 5 Western European countries and by professional category (standard deviation in parentheses).
From: Cross-national agreement on disability weights: the European Disability Weights Project
All | England | France | Netherlands | Spain | Sweden | Health care professionals | Non-health care professionals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Disease stages | (n = 230) | (n = 49) | (n = 46) | (n = 50) | (n = 46) | (n = 39) | (n = 111) | (n = 119) |
Common cold | 0.03 (0.04) | 0.04 (0.06) | 0.03 (0.02) | 0.03 (0.04) | 0.04 (0.04) | 0.03 (0.03) | 0.03 (0.04) | 0.03 (0.04) |
Vision disorder (mild/moderate) | 0.17 (0.17) | 0.17 (0.14) | 0.29 (0.29) | 0.13 (0.08) | 0.15 (0.11) | 0.14 (0.08) | 0.22 (0.22) | 0.13 (0.09) |
Breast cancer (disease-free stage without sequelae) | 0.32 (0.18) | 0.37 (0.22) | 0.29 (0.19) | 0.27 (0.14) | 0.39 (0.15) | 0.26 (0.14) | 0.33 (0.17) | 0.30 (0.18) |
Chronic low back pain | 0.33 (0.18) | 0.37 (0.20) | 0.34 (0.17) | 0.28 (0.15) | 0.32 (0.16) | 0.36 (0.20) | 0.30 (0.17) | 0.36 (0.18) |
Uncomplicated diabetes | 0.34 (0.16) | 0.40 (0.17) | 0.30 (0.14) | 0.31 (0.15) | 0.31 (0.14) | 0.37 (0.16) | 0.36 (0.16) | 0.31 (0.15) |
Mild dementia | 0.46 (0.21) | 0.50 (0.23) | 0.46 (0.23) | 0.46 (0.20) | 0.47 (0.19) | 0.41 (0.21) | 0.47 (0.20) | 0.45 (0.22) |
Severe asthma | 0.46 (0.19) | 0.53 (0.20) | 0.43 (0.23) | 0.43 (0.16) | 0.43 (0.17) | 0.48 (0.15) | 0.49 (0.18) | 0.43 (0.19) |
Colorectal cancer (diagnosis and primary therapy) | 0.51 (0.20) | 0.53 (0.22) | 0.48 (0.21) | 0.47 (0.14) | 0.64 (0.15) | 0.41 (0.18) | 0.49 (0.18) | 0.53 (0.21) |
AIDS (minor symptoms and HAART) | 0.55 (0.22) | 0.56 (0.21) | 0.60 (0.22) | 0.43 (0.21) | 0.65 (0.21) | 0.52 (0.20) | 0.56 (0.22) | 0.54 (0.22) |
Severe stable angina (NYHA3) | 0.59 (0.16) | 0.65 (0.15) | 0.58 (0.18) | 0.54 (0.13) | 0.59 (0.14) | 0.56 (0.15) | 0.59 (0.15) | 0.58 (0.17) |
Acute myocardial infarction | 0.59 (0.20) | 0.64 (0.22) | 0.61 (0.22) | 0.49 (0.16) | 0.67 (0.16) | 0.52 (0.18) | 0.57 (0.20) | 0.60 (0.20) |
Stroke (moderate permanent impairments) | 0.68 (0.16) | 0.69 (0.17) | 0.68 (0.17) | 0.64 (0.17) | 0.75 (0.13) | 0.64 (0.15) | 0.66 (0.17) | 0.70 (0.15) |
Severe depression | 0.78 (0.17) | 0.74 (0.22) | 0.77 (0.21) | 0.82 (0.12) | 0.76 (0.13) | 0.83 (0.14) | 0.78 (0.18) | 0.78 (0.17) |
Quadriplegia | 0.91 (0.10) | 0.89 (0.12) | 0.93 (0.07) | 0.89 (0.07) | 0.94 (0.06) | 0.88 (0.13) | 0.90 (0.10) | 0.91 (0.09) |
Final year of unspecified fatal disease | 0.91 (0.10) | 0.92 (0.09) | 0.96 (0.05) | 0.87 (0.11) | 0.95 (0.06) | 0.87 (0.12) | 0.90 (0.11) | 0.93 (0.09) |