Translation, cultural adaptation and validation of the English “Short form SF 12v2” into Bengali in rheumatoid arthritis patients

Table 6 Convergent and discriminant validity of Bengali SF 12v2

	B.HAQ	General health	Physical functioning	Role physical	Role emotional	Bodily pain	Mental health	Vitality	Social functioning
B.HAQ	1
GH	-0.717	1
PF	-0.813	0.601	1
RP	-0.821	0.643	0.771	1
RE	-0.356	0.293	0.378	0.502	1
BP	-0.801	0.646	0.681	0.863	0.376	1
MH	-0.509	0.426	0.49	0.538	0.741	0.601	1
VT	-0.669	0.544	0.602	0.677	0.636	0.783	0.904	1
SF	-0.484	0.277	0.49	0.641	0.568	0.6	0.703	0.71	1

B.HAQ Bengali Health Assessment Questionnaire, GH general health, PF physical functioning, RP role-physical, RE role emotional, BP bodily pain, MH mental health, VT vitality, SF social functioning

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