Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Table 4 Correlations between the KCCQ and the EQ-5D-3L

From: Psychometric properties of the Japanese version of the Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire in Japanese patients with chronic heart failure

KCCQ	EQ-5D VAS	EQ-5D descriptive system
KCCQ	EQ-5D VAS	Mobility	Self-care	Usual activities	Pain/discomfort	Anxiety/depression
Domains
Physical limitations	0.34	−0.46	−0.40	−0.44	−0.27	−0.33
Symptom frequency	0.26	−0.49	−0.35	−0.41	−0.24	−0.29
Symptom severity	0.22	−0.48	−0.31	−0.37	−0.25	−0.27
Symptom stability	0.19	−0.24	−0.09	−0.12	−0.18	−0.09
Self-efficacy	0.13	−0.16	−0.07	−0.15	−0.16	−0.20
Social limitations	0.26	−0.32	−0.19	−0.43	−0.08	−0.28
Quality of life	0.31	−0.46	−0.28	−0.37	−0.23	−0.32
Summary scores
Total symptom score	0.25	−0.51	−0.34	−0.41	−0.25	−0.29
Clinical summary score	0.29	−0.54	−0.41	−0.45	−0.27	−0.32
Overall summary score	0.32	−0.51	−0.36	−0.47	−0.21	−0.34

Pearson’s correlation coefficients are displayed for the EQ-5D VAS and Spearman rank correlation coefficients for others
KCCQ Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire; EQ-5D-3L EuroQol five-dimension, three-level questionnaire; EQ-5D VAS EuroQol five-dimension visual analogue scale

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