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Table 3 Informational needs and concerns

From: Is quality of life measurement likely to be a proxy for health needs assessment in patients with coronary artery disease?

  

SAQ Phys

SAQ AS

SAQ AF

SAQ TS

SAQ QOL

SF12 PCS

SF12 MCS

Information

Condition

.27

.21

.15

.40**

.19

.19

.14

 

Current treatment

.17

.22

-.05

.19

.27

.03

.16

 

Long term plan of treatment

.05

.14

-.03

.18

.25

.01

.04

 

Coping after discharge

.25

.19

.07

.16

.23

.09

.11

 

Rehabilitation

.15

.09

.17

.27

.16

.09

.20

 

Nutritional and diet

-.04

.11

.15

-.10

-.04

-.13

-.05

 

Daily Activities

.02

.07

.14

.03

.07

-.04

.00

Concerns

Any fear about illness?

-.21

-.21

-.28

-.24

-.34*

-.28

-.16

 

Thinking about concerns

.25

.23

.31

.27

.47**

.28

.12

 

Seek help for concerns

.08

.16

.17

.24

.14

.17

.20

  1. Spearman rho is calculated as correlation coefficient. * indicates significance level (P value) < 0.05, ** < 0.01.