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Table 2 Bivariate relationships of general health perceptions and overall quality of life at four time-points

From: Quality of life can both influence and be an outcome of general health perceptions after heart surgery

 

Baseline

3 months

6 months

12 months

 

General health

gQoL

QoLS-N

General health

gQoL

QoLS-N

General health

gQoL

QoLS-N

General health

gQoL

QoLS-N

Baseline

            

   General health

446

.32*

.38*

.57*

.27*

.18

.58*

.24

.20

.54*

.22

.24

   gQoL

 

1.25

.42*

.37*

.32*

.23

.36*

.43*

.34*

.35*

.46*

.35*

   QoLS-N

  

104

.28*

.22

.58*

.35*

.30*

.59*

.21

.24

.59*

3 months

            

   General health

   

354

.55*

.42*

.71*

.39*

.30*

.75*

.46*

.42*

   gQoL

    

.76

.52*

.44*

.53*

.30*

.47*

.54*

.46*

   QoLS-N

     

107

.36*

.37*

.61*

.35*

.37*

.66*

6 months

            

   General health

      

387

.53*

.54*

.66*

.41*

.51*

   gQoL

       

.81

.57*

.37*

.62*

.42*

   QoLS-N

        

120

.24

.43*

.64*

12 months

            

   General health

         

453

.43*

.49*

   gQoL

          

.80

.52*

   QoLS-N

           

106

  1. The diagonal (italic) represents variance; the upper diagonal contains Pearson correlation coefficients, asterisks indicate p = 0.01. Common to all three scales, higher scores indicate better health or quality of life.
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