Preliminary development of a new individualised questionnaire measuring quality of life in older men with age-related hormonal decline: the A-RHDQoL

Table 4 Correlations of the A-RHDQoL with SF-36 and W-BQ12 variables

		A-RHDQoL
	Average Weighted Impact	Overview item QI - *present QoL*	Overview item QII - *impact on QoL*
WBQ-12
Positive Well-being	0.41**	0.47**	0.32**
Energy	0.43**	0.36**	0.37**
Negative Well-being^†	-0.23*	-0.20	-0.13
General Well-being total	0.40**	0.48**	0.34**
SF-36
Bodily Pain	0.23	0.17	0.08
General Health	0.33**	0.36**	0.26**
Mental Health	0.30**	0.41**	0.20
Physical Functioning	0.31**	0.32**	0.17
Role-Emotional	0.25**	0.39**	0.06
Role-Physical	0.29**	0.27**	0.06
Social Functioning	0.33**	0.32**	0.21
Vitality	0.30**	0.46**	0.28**

Significant at **p < 0.01 and *p < 0.05 (2-tailed) after Bonferroni corrections. Correlations of all SF-36 subscales, W-BQ12 Negative Well-being and General Well-being total were Spearman's rho (non-parametric data), and those of W-BQ12 Positive Well-being and Energy were Pearson's r (parametric data). N: range 112 – 125. ^†A high score for W-BQ12 subscales indicates more of the subscale mood, (hence the negative correlations between Negative Well-being and A-RHDQoL variables).

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