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. 2023 Dec 4;21(3):e14505. doi: 10.1111/iwj.14505

TABLE 7.

Convergent validity of the Wound‐QoL‐17 and Wound‐QoL‐14.

Wound‐QoL‐17 Wound‐QoL‐14
r p n r p n
Continuous and ordinal variables
EQ‐5D‐5L (Polish value set)+ −0.606 <0.001 291 −0.600 <0.001 291
EQ‐5D‐5L (Spanish value set)+ −0.634 <0.001 291 −0.629 <0.001 291
EQ VAS+ −0.460 <0.001 296 −0.473 <0.001 296
DLQI+ 0.684 <0.001 294 0.681 <0.001 294
Global rating+ 0.765 <0.001 289 0.751 <0.001 289
NRS during change+ 0.531 <0.001 299 0.524 <0.001 299
NRS at rest+ 0.597 <0.001 299 0.597 <0.001 299
Wound size 0.381 <0.001 283 0.383 <0.001 283
Duration of wound++ 0.209 <0.001 275 0.195 0.001 275
Amount of exudate++ 0.298 <0.001 292 0.318 <0.001 292
Dichotomous variables
Wound edge++ −0.256 <0.001 296 −0.241 <0.001 296
Wound environment++ −0.209 <0.001 295 −0.195 0.001 295
Wound cover++ −0.173 0.004 292 −0.168 0.005 292
Odour++ −0.371 <0.001 296 −0.388 <0.001 296

Note: +Patient‐reported; ++Clinician‐reported.

Abbreviations: DLQI, Dermatology Life Quality Index; EQ VAS, visual analogue scale of the EQ‐5D instrument; EQ‐5D‐5L, 5‐level EQ‐5D; n, number of participants; NRS, numeric rating scale; p, significance value; r, effect size.