Table 2

 Health state utilities and values

MeasureTotal sample (n = 39)Men (n = 19)Women (n = 20)
HUI-II, Health Utilities Index Mark II; TTO, time-tradeoff; VAS, visual analogue scale; GH, genital herpes; HSV, herpes simplex virus infection.
HUI-II (mean (SD))
    Before GH0.94 (0.08)0.95 (0.05)0.92 (0.09)
    GH, no outbreak0.93 (0.08)0.92 (0.05)0.90 (0.10)
    GH, outbreak0.80 (0.16)0.82 (0.17)0.77 (0.14)
TTO (mean (SD))
    Asymtomatic HSV0.89 (0.21)0.93 (0.07)0.85 (0.29)
    Symptomatic HSV0.89 (0.22)0.93 (0.06)0.84 (0.29)
VAS (mean (SD))
    Asymtomatic HSV0.76 (0.30)0.78 (0.29)0.73 (0.32)
    Symptomatic HSV0.71 (0.30)0.73 (0.30)0.68 (0.30)