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Table 2 Physical and social needs

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

  

Correlation coefficient

Component

Variable

SAQ Phys

SAQ AS

SAQ AF

SAQ TS

SAQ QOL

SF12 PCS

SF12 MCS

Mobility

Physical activity

-.40**

-.18

-.02

-.18

-.44**

-.45**

-.22

 

Mobility restriction

.65***

.02

.51**

.38*

.45**

.55**

.35*

 

Transport

-.29

.13

.03

-.21

-.25

-.39**

-.43**

 

Need mobility help?

-.52**

.05

-.25

-.22

-.31

-.38*

-.30

 

More physical activity needed?

-.53**

.004

-.35*

-.48**

-.34

-.27

-.45**

 

Access to health centre

-.43**

-.06

-.30

-.20

-.17

-.35*

-.36*

Helper

Anybody looks after you?

.41**

.04

.26

.18

.25

.26

.16

 

Need anyone for help?

-.53***

-.34*

-.36*

-.10

-.43**

-.46**

-.30*

 

Helper is happy to continue?

.08

-.16

.12

.10

-.05

-.01

.36*

Physical needs

Anything could be improved?

-.14

-.19

-.23

-.10

-.43**

-.34*

.04

 

Equipment for daily activities?

-.62***

.02

-.18

-.38**

-.32*

-.48**

-.25

 

Need additional help?

-.37*

.000

-.12

-.31*

-.48**

-.32*

-.17

Social needs

Helpfulness of social services

.17

-.29

.02

.01

-.05

.10

.01

 

Financial supports needed?

-.43**

-.01

.06

-.17

-.30

-.29

-.07

 

Cleaning may help?

-.44**

-.33

-.28

-.32

-.28

-.29

-.22

 

Social worker visit may help?

-.46**

-.16

-.005

-.16

-.57**

-.30

-.17

 

Better housing may help?

-.08

.18

-.09

-.12

-.13

-.16

-.08

 

Living alone

.10

.02

.15

.09

.06

.08

.09

 

Accommodation

.30

-.23

.24

.22

.30

.44***

.08

 

Doing hobbies

.49**

.11

.28

.32*

.51**

.57***

.33*

 

Frequency of social meetings

-.40**

-.18

-.02

-.18

-.44**

-.45**

-.22

  1. Spearman rho is calculated as correlation coefficient. * indicates significance level (P value) < 0.05, ** < 0.01, and *** < 0.001.