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Table 5 Intercorrelations of subscales of to the pediatric quality of life inventory™ 4.0 generic core scales and cardiac module assessed with spearmans correlation coefficient

From: Health related quality of life of children with rheumatic heart diseases: reliability of the Brazilian version of the pediatric quality of life inventory™ cardiac module scale

  

Cardiac module

Total sample

Symptoms

Treatment problems

Physical appearance

Treatment anxiety

Cognitive

Communication

Generic scale

       

Self-report

       

Total sample

0.69**

0.72**

-0.06

0.42**

0.35**

0.44**

0.38**

Physical

0.57**

0.85**

-0.20*

0.46**

0.21*

0.31**

0.30**

Emotional

0.36**

0.26**

-0.002

0.28**

0.41**

0.03

0.19*

Social

0.48**

0.57**

0.051

0.33**

0.25**

0.22*

0.22*

School

0.61**

0.46**

-0.006

0.20*

0.24*

0.72*

0.44*

Psychosocial

0.67**

0.56**

-0.002

0.36**

0.38**

0.51**

0.39**

Proxy-report

       

Total sample

0.72**

0.77**

-0.11

0.52**

0.30**

0.57**

0.26**

Physical

0.54**

0.86**

-0.22*

0.49**

0.10

0.33**

0.14

Emotional

0.45**

0.35**

0.03

0.29**

0.53**

0.17

0.14

Social

0.43**

0.52**

-0.16

0.44**

0.21*

0.25**

0.15

School

0.63**

0.43**

0.06

0.26**

0.20*

0.77**

0.26**

Psychosocial

0.71**

0.59**

0.002

0.44**

0.39**

0.62**

0.29**

  1. Psychosocial: sum of the emotional, social, and school scales. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01 level (2-tailed).
  2. Child self-report (N = 109), Parent proxy-report (N = 109).