Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Table 3 Pearson’s correlation coefficients between CLDQ subscales and SF-36 domains (n = 108)

From: Assessment of health-related quality of life in antiviral-treated Taiwanese chronic hepatitis C patients using SF-36 and CLDQ

CLDQ	Mean (SD)			SF-36
Items		PF	RP	BP	GH	VT	SF	RE	MH	PCS	MCS
Abdominal symptoms	5.72 (1.30)	_0.16	0.21*	0.39**	0.32**	0.26**	0.37**	0.31**	0.39**	0.21*	0.41**
Fatigue	4.66 (1.34)	0.46**	0.55**	0.57**	0.54**	0.77**	0.63**	0.55**	0.49**	0.52**	0.70**
Systemic symptoms	5.01 (1.04)	0.43**	0.47**	0.53**	0.36**	0.53**	0.56**	0.49**	0.44**	0.49**	0.52**
Activity	5.17 (1.56)	0.43**	0.47**	0.39**	0.33**	0.45**	0.45**	0.38**	0.31**	0.48**	0.38**
Emotional function	5.08 (1.36)	0.47**	0.51**	0.45**	0.53**	0.58**	0.59**	0.59**	0.74**	0.42**	0.75**
Worry	5.97 (1.12)	0.38**	0.30**	0.40**	0.41**	0.37**	0.44**	0.36**	0.48**	0.35**	0.48**

*p < 0.05; ** p< 0.01.

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