Health related quality of life in patients with diabetic foot ulceration — translation and Polish adaptation of Diabetic Foot Ulcer Scale short form

Table 6 Spearman rank correlation coefficient (except for ‘sensation’) between severity of foot ulceration (PEDIS scale) and HRQoL measured with DFS-SF and SF-36v2

	Ulcer size	Perfusion	Depth/tissue loss	Infection	Sensation^a
	DFS-SF
Leisure	−0,066	−0.253*	−0.079	−0.011	0.001
Physical health	0,016	−0.287*	0.019	−0.005	<0.001
Worried about ulcers/feet	−0,003	−0.184*	−0.031	−0.019	0.001
Dependence/daily life	−0,094	−0.312*	−0.009	−0.009	<0.001
Negative emotions	−0,081	−0.225*	−0.055	−0.063	<0.001
Bothered by ulcer care	−0,154*	−0.126	−0.057	−0.109	0.002
	SF-36v2
Physical functioning	−0,045	−0.259*	−0.153*	−0.089	0.000
Role physical	−0,132	−0.131	−0.097	−0.103	0.044
Bodily pain	−0,041	−0.193*	−0.069	−0.082	0.000
General health	0,138	−0.112	0.189*	0.135	0.003
Vitality	0,038	−0.232*	0.029	0.036	0.003
Social functioning	−0,052	−0.104	−0.008	−0.039	0.002
Role emotional	0,000	−0.189*	−0.005	0.013	0.007
Mental health	0,053	−0.143*	−0.002	−0.024	0.001

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