Health-related quality of life as measured with the Short-Form 36 (SF-36) questionnaire in patients with recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis

Table 2 Bivariate correlations between SF 36 quality of life scale PCS and MCS with characteristics of patients with RVVC

SF 36 scale and characteristics of RVVC	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1. PCS#	1
2. MCS#	0.736**	1
3. Ages of patients#	0.045	0.075	1
4. VVC score#	−0.056	0.010	0.089	1
5. Itching §	0.028	0.017	0.183	0.507**	1
6. Burning §	0.087	0.086	0.134	0.510**	0.026	1
7. Erythema §	−0.035	0.002	0.052	0.532**	−0.013	0.192	1
8. Vaginal discharge §	−0.076	0.012	−0.174	0.767**	0.090	0.218*	0.386**	1

#Pearson’s correlation was performed to test the correlation among continuous variables. § Spearman’s correlations was performed to test the correlation among rank variables. Significance correlation at *p < 0.05 level and **p < 0.01 level (2-tailed). MCS Mental composite score, PCS Physical composite score, RVVC recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis

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