Determinants of health-related quality of life: a cross-sectional investigation in physician-managed anticoagulated patients using vitamin K antagonists

Table 3 Correlations between modifiable-unmodifiable determinants and HRQoL (PCS12 & MCS12)

	PCS12 (1 = adequate; 2 = inadequate)		MCS12 (1 = adequate; 2 = inadequate)
	r_pb	p-value	r_pb	p-value
CCI	.185	0.018	.010	0.896
Age	.424	< 0.001	.207	0.008
Sex (1 = male; 2 = female)	−.005	0.947	−.061	0.438
Marital Status (1 = married; 2 = unmarried)	.072	0.362	−.039	0.622
Education (1 = education equal to primary school; 2 = higher than primary school)	−.12	0.127	.002	0.977
Occupation (1 = active workers; 2 = unemployed or retired)	.283	< 0.001	.270	0.009
Time in OAC	.048	0.545	.03	0.703
TTR% (1 = adequate; 2 = inadequate)	.098	0.273	.059	0.172
I-AKT	.084	0.144	.033	0.371
HLQ_Fun	−.268	0.001	−.201	0.010
HLQ_Com	−.288	< 0.001	−.221	0.004
HLQ_Cri	−.255	0.001	−.068	0.388
BMQ_N	−.009	0.904	−.070	0.371
BMQ_C	.117	0.135	.026	0.739

CCI Charlson Comorbidity Index, I-AKT Italian anticoagulation knowledge tool, HLQ health literacy questionnaire, BMQ beliefs medicine questionnaire

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