The Herdecke questionnaire on quality of life (HLQ): Validation of factorial structure and development of a short form within a naturopathy treated in-patient collective

Ostermann, Thomas; Büssing, Arndt; Beer, Andre-Michael; Matthiessen, Peter F

doi:10.1186/1477-7525-3-40

Table 3 Partial Correlation of HLQ-Scales with other instruments and with the HLQ-Scales (old adjusted for Gender and Age. Abbrev.: SF-36: PF-physical function, RP-role physical, BP-bodily pain, GH-general health, VT-vitality, SF-social function, RE-role emotional, MH-mental health, MCS-mental component summary, PCS-physical component summary; GBB: SE-severity of exhaustion, GS-gastric symptoms, LP-limb pain, and HS-heart symptoms;, Zerssen's Mood Scale Bf-S; SES: AFF-Affective Pain, SENS-SenSory Pain; HLQ-OLD: PWB-physical well-being, VIT-vitality, MEB-mental behaviour, PERS-presence of personality, SOC-Social Environment.

From: The Herdecke questionnaire on quality of life (HLQ): Validation of factorial structure and development of a short form within a naturopathy treated in-patient collective

		Initiative Power and Interest		Social Interaction		Mental Balance		Motility		Physical Complaints		Digestive Well-Being
		long	short	long	short	Long	short	long	short	long	Short	long	short
SF-36	PF	0.200	0.130	0.219	0.188	0.233	0.173	0.551	0.580	0.432	*	0.167	*
	RP	0.234	0.178	0.252	0.226	0.294	0.257	0.461	0.453	0.403	*	0.184	*
	BP	0.182	0.147	0.213	0.198	0.301	0.242	0.449	0.466	0.688	*	0.183	*
	GH	0.358	0.288	0.363	0.308	0.361	0.322	0.353	0.332	0.350	*	0.208	*
	VT	0.562	0.470	0.532	0.479	0.668	0.582	0.541	0.478	0.408	*	0.353	*
	SF	0.543	0.437	0.632	0.589	0.550	0.486	0.392	0.342	0.337	*	0.324	*
	RE	0.452	0.380	0.497	0.418	0.428	0.423	0.264	0.215	0.259	*	0.243	*
	MH	0.650	0.543	0.686	0.605	0.719	0.690	0.378	0.316	0.324	*	0.360	*
	MCS	0.650	0.548	0.698	0.615	0.667	0.640	0.294	0.213	0.245	*	0.348	*
	PCS	0.020	-0.012	0.022	0.025	0.087	0.024	0.489	0.530	0.497	*	0.089	*
GBB 24	SE	0.458	0.363	0.513	0.457	0.626	0.546	0.559	0.496	0.387	*	0.323	*
	GS	0.216	0.189	0.266	0.227 7	0.303	0.247	0.205	0.166	0.238	*	0.356	*
	LP	0.249	0.201	0.296	0.263	0.386	0.312	0.490	0.498	0.514	*	0.190	*
	HS	0.305	0.249	0.360	0.285	0.372	0.342	0.282	0.252	0.248	*	0.309	*
Bf-S		0.655	0.564	0.652	0.599	0.630	0.581	0.409	0.362	0.312	*	0.339	*
SES	AFF	0.289	0.231	0.314	0.277	0.371	0.325	0.374	0.372	0.506	*	0.183	*
	SENS	0.181	0.143	0.228	0.215	0.254	0.209	0.288	0.299	0.417	*	0.147	*
HLQ-OLD	PWB	0.357	0.270	0.335	0.333	0.489	0.412	0.929	0.958	0.638	*	0.259	*
	VIT	0.577	0.502	0.590	0.523	0.840	0.681	0.611	0.517	0.560	*	0.661	*
	MEB	0.894	0.822	0.772	0.702	0.797	0.770	0.471	0.401	0.278	*	0.412	*
	PERS	0.926	0.779	0.760	0.734	0.628	0.584	0.404	0.354	0.226	*	0.342	*
	SOC	0.748	0.697	0.923	0.860	0.600	0.573	0.358	0.346	0.248	*	0.346	*

* values of the long version are identical with short version

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