The ostomy leak impact tool: development and validation of a new patient-reported tool to measure the burden of leakage in ostomy device users

Table 6 Correlation indices (Pearson’s r) between the leakage tool and other measures (SF-36, Ostomy-Q and OAI-23)

	SF-36 Physical functioning	SF-36 Role physical	SF-36 Emotional well-being	SF-36 Social functioning	Ostomy-Q Confidence	Ostomates Adj Inv-23 Total
Emotional impact	0.424	0.461	0.605	0.525	0.771	0.730
Usual and social activities	0.536	0.472	0.575	0.602	0.587	0.660
Coping and control	0.253	0.299	0.486	0.477	0.442	0.480

All correlations at p < 0.001
Bold numbers are predicted relationships, italicized numbers were predicted to be unrelated

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