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Table 4 Healthcare needs

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

Healthcare services

SAQ Phys

SAQ AS

SAQ AF

SAQ TS

SAQ QOL

SF12 PCS

SF12 MCS

Current treatment

.26

.01

.27

.59***

.28

.17

.32*

Referral to consultant

.32*

-.01

.25

.43**

.41*

.28

.17

Hospital service

.17

.03

.02

.33*

.07

.07

.05

Rehabilitation service

.29

.02

-.07

.08

.18

.22

.12

Nurse service

.26

-.06

.03

.36*

.28

.26

.16

GP service

.22

.17

.01

.34*

.22

.20

.06

GP understands needs?

.33*

-.03

.10

.15

.16

.33*

-.02

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