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Table 5 Correlation with DASS total score and subscales

From: A new instrument for measuring anticoagulation-related quality of life: development and preliminary validation

 

Total

Negative impact

Limitations

Hassles

Positive impact

Age

-0.17 *

-0.27**

-0.24**

-0.24**

0.19**

Years on coumadin

-0.05

0.01

0.01

0.01

-0.14*

<3 months on coumadin

0.04

-0.05

-0.05

-0.03

0.19**

Number of medications

0.00

0.02

0.05

-0.03

-0.04

Completed survey alone

0.14

0.17*

0.18**

0.12

-0.05

Male

-0.08

-0.06

-0.03

-0.09

-0.05

White

-0.12

-0.15*

-0.18

-0.08

0.05

HS education

0.03

0.11

0.10

0.10

-0.16*

Low income

0.12

0.09

0.10

0.05

0.08

Work for pay

0.01

0.02

-0.02

0.07

-0.01

Dose change last year

0.18**

0.20**

0.18**

0.19**

-0.01

Hospitalized for bleed

0.19**

0.22**

0.23**

0.16*

-0.04

Antibiotics last month

0.00

-0.02

0.01

-0.6

0.06

Fingerstick

0.05

0.01

0.00

0.03

0.09

Atrial fibrillation

0.00

-0.03

-0.05

0.00

0.07

Stroke

0.19**

0.20**

0.14

0.22**

0.02

TIA

0.12

0.12

0.06

0.16*

0.04

Myocardial infarction

0.02

0.08

0.08

0.06

-0.12

DVT

0.00

0.09

0.11

0.04

-0.18**

Mechanical heart valve

0.06

0.11

0.10

0.10

-0.10

Pillbox

0.11

0.14

0.14*

0.10

-0.02

Emotional distress

0.21**

0.21**

0.17

0.22**

0.04

PSQ-18

0.19**

0.07

0.01

0.15*

0.28**

SF-36 physical function

-0.23**

-0.18**

-0.20**

-0.11

-0.16*

SF-36 physical role

-0.31**

-0.28**

-0.28**

-0.21**

-0.12

SF-36 bodily pain

-0.27**

-0.26**

-0.27**

-0.19**

-0.08

SF-36 general health

-0.17**

-0.23**

-0.20**

-0.21**

0.09

SF-36 vitality

0.28**

0.27**

0.26**

0.23**

0.07

SF-36 social function

-0.40**

-0.39**

-0.36**

-0.35**

-0.09

SF-36 emotional role

-0.32**

-0.28**

-0.24**

-0.27**

-0.14*

SF-36 mental health

-0.40**

-0.39**

-0.29**

-0.45**

-0.09

Mean(std)

54.0 (17.6)

36.9 (16.1)

20.9 (10.4)

16.0 (7.5)

17.1 (7.5)

  1. One asterisk denotes p < .05, 2 asterisks denote p < .01.