… a utility, although it is accepted that it is difficult to valuate health states. This study was conducted
in order to compare the SG with the rating scale (RS) and time trade-off (… measurement …

… After approval from our Institutional Review Board, we approached all new patients who were
… Number in parentheses represents reference; bold text represents data found in this study. …

… The utility was calculated based on the choice in which the respondent was indifferent between
y years in the health state being evaluated … The resulting utility (u) is calculated as u = x/y. …

… -based measures in MS have recently been reviewed and … This may have resulted in a
higher value of utilities than the … to trade off for perfect health) were not assessed in this study. …

… Time trade-off (TTO) and standard gamble (SG) are two popular methods to value health states,
ie to obtain utility … To this end, for each subject, we calculated a difference score between …

… Rating scales and conjoint measures demonstrated … Some authors have argued that the
standard gamble is the best … Time trade-off utility modified to accommodate degenerative and life…

… scale (VAS), standard gamble (SG), and time trade-off (TTO) … reference gamble (SG), and
time tradeoff (TTO). There have been … systematic differences in utilities assessed with different …

… are equally able to measure process-related utility when the aim … Standard gamble (SG), time
trade-off (TTO), and visual … scale, which means that no reference can be made to the health …

… the time trade-off (TTO) and standard gamble utilities can … We measured TTO and standard
gamble utilities in 192 patients … Two reference measures of utilities are the time trade-off (…

… trade-off (TTO), the standard gamble (SG), the visual analog … Direct utility is obtained by
reference to people’s preferences … standard quality assessment protocol for TTO measurements …