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Table 4 Spearman correlation coefficients for different measures of illness severity for different groups

From: Health utilities for chronic low back pain

Group

HU

VAS

HU

Own WTP

HU

Insurance WTP

VAS

Own WTP

VAS

Insurance WTP

Own WTP

Insurance WTP

Healthy (n = 126)

−.53***

−.29***

−.15

.22*

.20*

.67***

Low Back Pain (n = 32)

−.31+

−.20

−.10

−.11

−.04

.73***

Total (n = 156)

−.50***

−.30***

−.15+

.18*

.16*

.68***

  1. HU Health Utilities, VAS 100 mm Visual Analogue Scale Values, WTP Willingness to Pay, + = p < .01, * = p < .05, ** = p < .01, *** = p < .001