Outcome, quality of life and direct costs after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in an urban region of Switzerland

Table 3 Population standard values for the EQ-5D-5 L questionnaire for Belgium and the Netherlands [14] compared to our results from the emergency medical service (EMS) Winterthur

Category	EMS Winterthur	Belgium	Netherlands
Mobility, %	50	12.6	11.5
Self-Care, %	0	4.0	3.4
Usual activities, %	17	12.4	13.5
Pain/discomfort, %	17	28.5	34.2
Anxiety/depression, %	33	6.6	3.5
VAS	87.5	71.3	78.0

Other than VAS, numbers show percentage of people reporting problems (by marking a score higher than 1); VAS norms are given for the age group of 65 – 74y, VAS = visual analog scale for general health, 0–100

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