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Table 4 Sensitivity analysis of convergent validity results

From: Longitudinal construct validity of the minimum data set health status index

Health domain index

Spearman rank correlation coefficients (ρ)

Study population

6 to 12 month follow-up window

Male only

Female only

n = 25,182

n = 14,676

n = 8670

n = 16,512

Change in ADL Hierarchy (Function)

− 0.375

− 0.386

− 0.385

− 0.368

Change in IADL Difficulty (Function)

− 0.287

− 0.291

− 0.262

− 0.300

Change in CPS (Cognition)

− 0.281

− 0.302

− 0.304

− 0.267

Change in CHESS (Health Stability)

− 0.331

− 0.322

− 0.332

−0.330

Change in DRS (Mood)

−0.380

−0.372

− 0.371

−0.385

Change in Communication Scale

−0.213

−0.229

− 0.217

−0.210

Change in Pain Scale

−0.482

−0.480

− 0.476

−0.486

  1. All correlations were statistically significant at α = 0.001