A comparison of health state utility values associated with oral potentially malignant disorders and oral cancer in Sri Lanka assessed using the EQ-5D-3 L and the EORTC-8D

Table 6 Correlation by dimensions

	Mobility	Self-Care	Usual activities	Pain/discomfort	Anxiety/depression
Physical functioning	0.548	0.404	0.475	0.385	0.335
Role functioning	0.309	0.268	0.395	0.159	0.399
Pain	0.384	0.322	0.393	0.398	0.359
Emotional functioning	0.303	0.291	0.282	0.163	0.444
Social functioning	0.364	0.241	0.299	0.297	0.442
Fatigue	0.209	0.212	0.204	0.313	0.236
Nausea	0.268	0.242	0.143	0.290	0.306
Constipation and diarrhoea	0.230	0.152	0.093	0.286	0.143

The bold figures show the correlation between similar dimnesions of the two instruments

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