Patient-reported outcomes in adequately treated hypothyroidism – insights from the German versions of ThyDQoL, ThySRQ and ThyTSQ

Table 4 Spearman correlations between hypothyroidism-specific and generic patient-reported outcome measures in treated patients

Specific vs. generic instruments	ThyDQoL present QoL	ThyDQoL AWI-18	ThySRQ symptom number	ThyTSQ sumscore
Short Form-36 physical	0.40	0.33	-0.15	0.33
Short Form-36 mental	0.29	0.30	-0.39	0.31
WBQ-12	0.53*	0.64*	-0.61*	0.47
SCL-90-R	-0.48*	-0.53*	0.58*	-0.51*
Hamilton Depression Scale	-0.53*	-0.49*	0.45*	-0.74**
Beck Depression Inventory	-0.56*	-0.62*	0.29	-0.61*

*p < 0.05, **p < 0.002 Bonferroni corrected. Abbreviations: WBQ – Well-Being Questionnaire, SCL – Symptom Check List, ThyDQoL – Thyroid-Dependent Quality of Life Questionnaire, ThySRQ – Underactive Thyroid Symptom Rating Questionnaire, ThyTSQ – Thyroid Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire, AWI – Average Weighted Impact Score, QoL – Quality of Life.

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