Table 5.

Convergent validity: pearson’s correlation between subscales of UFS-QOL and WHOQOL-BREF-26

Subscales		Overall QOL	Physical health	Psychological	Social relationships	Environment
Symptom severity	r	-0.262	-0.307	-0.283	-0.269	-0.146
	P value	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	0.029
Concern	r	0.200	0.228	0.296	0.222	0.098
	P value	0.003	0.001	<0.001	0.001	0.141
Activities	r	0.215	0.274	0.289	0.262	0.144
	P value	0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	0.03
Energy/mood	r	0.372	0.405	0.473	0.377	0.296
	P value	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Control	r	0.357	0.327	0.446	0.306	0.307
	P value	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Self-consciousness	r	0.117	0.324	0.238	0.206	0.111
	P value	0.079	<0.001	<0.001	0.002	0.095
Sexual function	r	0.180	0.178	0.267	0.242	0.057
	P value	0.007	0.007	<0.001	<0.001	0.396

UFS-QOL; Uterine Fibroid Symptom and Health-related Quality of Life, WHOQOL-BREF-26; World Health Organization Quality of Life Brief Version 26 questionnaire.